Mournful Cries is the fourth studio album by American doom metal band Saint Vitus, released in 1988. It was the band's last release on SST Records. The cover art features a painting of a hydra.
| Mournful Cries | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 22, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | March 24–27, 1988 | |||
| Studio | Music Grinder Studios, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Doom metal | |||
| Length | 33:01 | |||
| Label | SST | |||
| Producer | Saint Vitus, Joe Carducci | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
Track listing edit
All songs written by Dave Chandler, except where noted.
- Side one
- "Intro / The Creeps" – 2:47
- "Dragon Time" – 7:27
- "Shooting Gallery" – 6:45
- Side two
- "Intro / Bitter Truth" (Scott Weinrich) – 4:14
- "The Troll" – 6:57
- "Looking Glass" (Weinrich) – 4:50
Personnel edit
- Saint Vitus
- Scott "Wino" Weinrich – vocals, guitar on tracks 2, 4, 6
- Dave Chandler – guitar, growl on track 2
- Mark Adams – bass
- Armando Acosta – drums
- Production
- Joe Carducci – producer
- Casey McMackin & Keith – engineers
References edit
- ^ Deming, Mark. Saint Vitus: Mournful Cries at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 305. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
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