''What the Toll Tells'' is the second album recorded by Two Gallants released in February 2006 (see

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). It was recorded at

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, San Francisco during July 2005.
July 10, 2005 - Recording of What the Toll Tells This album is the 91st release of

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Critical response

''What the Toll Tells'' received generally favorable reviews from music critics around the country. The album received a high score of 71 on metacritic.com, a review-aggregation website.

Controversy

The song "Long Summer Day", which is based on the Moses Platt song, was criticised in multiple publications' reviews of the album, including in Prefix Magazine and Pitchfork Media. The song describes a black man dealing with the oppression of a

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boss, and considering a possibly violent reaction. The use of the word "

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" in particular drew fire, with reviews claiming the Two Gallants (both white) were "borrowing otherness" in writing the song. The Two Gallants gave a sarcastic reply on their website, claiming to be unaware that they aren't allowed to "write about our country's embarrassing past" and that they are required to write about "the trials of two pale skinned urbanites who have never known a day of struggle in their lives".

Track listing

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Las Cruces Jail "Las Cruces Jail" is the first single from the album, '' What the Toll Tells'' by Two Gallants. It was a limited, 7" single. The album was the 90th release of Saddle Creek Records. The song's lyrics are about Billy the Kid's imprisonment near Las ...

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Steady Rollin' "Steady Rollin" is an iTunes single released by the San Francisco band, Two Gallants, and was the first European 7" single from ''What the Toll Tells''. This single is the 92nd release of Saddle Creek Records. Track listing for (iTunes) and Comp ...

" – 4:28 # "Some Slender Rest" – 8:57 # "Long Summer Day" – 4:54 # "The Prodigal Son" – 3:13 # "Threnody" – 9:34 # "16th St. Dozens" – 5:15 # "Age of Assassins" – 8:01 # "Waves of Grain" – 9:34 # "Big Lucille" (vinyl only) # "Negrophilia Blues" (vinyl only)

Credits

*Alberto Cuéllar - Antonio Cuellar

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*Jackie Perez Gratz -

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*Alan Hynes - Design *Chelsea Jackson (pseudonym of Adam Stephens) -

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Harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

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*Dan Kasin - Management *Scott Solter - Engineer, Mixing *Doug VanSloun - Mastering *Auggie Washington (pseudonym of Tyson Vogel) -

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, Vocals

Notes

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