Passover (album)

Passover
Studio album by The Black Angels
Released	April 11, 2006 (2006-04-11)
Recorded	Cacophony Recorders, Wire Recording, and Shh! Recording Studios, Austin, Texas
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	50:37
Label	Light in the Attic Records
Producer	The Black Angels, Erik Wofford, Ross Ingram
The Black Angels chronology
The Black Angels (2005) Passover (2006) Directions to See a Ghost (2008)

Professional ratings
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Pitchfork Media	7.2/10 link

Passover is the debut album from psychedelic rock band The Black Angels, released in 2006.

Track listing

1. "Young Men Dead" – 5:32
2. "The First Vietnamese War" – 3:30
3. "The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven" – 4:16
4. "The Prodigal Sun" – 4:23
5. "Black Grease" – 4:37
6. "Manipulation" – 5:49
7. "Empire" – 5:35
8. "Better Off Alone" – 3:03
9. "Bloodhounds on My Trail" – 3:58
10. "Call to Arms" – 18:06

A cover of Jimmy Cliff's "Vietnam" with modernized lyrics referring to the Iraq War is hidden after "Call To Arms".

Credits

• Nate Ryan - bass, guitar
• Stephanie Bailey - drums, percussion
• Christian Bland - guitar, bass, vocals
• Alex Maas - vocals, bass
• Jennifer Raines - drone machine
• Recorded and mixed by Erik Wofford at Cacophony Recording Studio (except tracks 5 & 6 by Ross Ingram at Wire Recording & Shh! Recording)
• Mastered by Dave Cooley at Bionic
• Graphic Design by Christian Bland & Brian Jones
• Printed by Thingmakers

In popular culture

• "Better Off Alone" was featured in the video game Need for Speed: The Run
• "Black Grease" was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto V^[1] and in the Season 2 episode "Church in Ruins" of True Detective
• "Bloodhounds on My Trail" was featured in the Harley-Davidson Sportster Iron 883 Commercial^[2] and in the 2014 Film Kill the Messenger
• "The First Vietnamese War" was featured in the 2012 video game Spec Ops: The Line.
• "Manipulation" was featured in the 2012 film by Éric Falardeau Thanatomorphose and in the 2015 CNN Original Series High Profits: Cannabis Meets Capitalism
• "Young Men Dead" and "The Prodigal Sun" were featured in the 2007 film Death Sentence (2007 film) ^[3]
• "Young Men Dead" was also featured in the second episode of the first season of Fringe 2008, the episode "Prophets" of the fourth season of the TV series Person of Interest, the Season 5 episode "Frontforwards" of the United States series Covert Affairs.,^[4] the episode "The Long Bright Dark" of True Detective (2014), the Comic Con 2014 highlight reel for Person of Interest, the BMX Film Movement - The Link, the 2010 video game Alan Wake and the 2011 Snowboarding Documentary The Art of Flight^[5]

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