''About to Choke'' is a 1996 album by

Vic Chesnutt James Victor Chesnutt (November 12, 1964 – December 25, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia. His first album, ''Little'', was released in 1990. His commercial breakthrough came in 1996 with the release of '' Sweet ...

, an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who was known for his raw, expressive vocals. It was his fifth album overall and his first for a major label. It was released by Capitol Records, and was reissued, in 2010, by Plain Recordings. In 2019,

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included ''About to Choke'' on its list of the 35 Saddest Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All songs written by

# "Myrtle" – 3:09 # "New Town" – 4:09 # "Ladle" – 4:06 # "Tarragon" – 2:00 # "Swelters" – 3:51 # "(It's No Secret) Satisfaction" – 1:02 # "Little Vacation" – 3:43 # "Degenerate" – 4:23 # "Hot Seat" – 3:39 # "Giant Sands" – 3:40 # "Threads" – 4:23 # "See You Around" – 7:19

Personnel

*Vic Chesnutt: vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric and classical), keyboards, piano, synthesizers, harmonica *Tina Chesnutt: bass guitar *Jimmy Davidson: acoustic guitar *John DeVries: lead guitar, bass guitar *Alex McManus: acoustic and lead guitar *Mark La Falce: guitars, drums, percussion, vocals

References

1996 albums Vic Chesnutt albums Capitol Records albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub