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Funeral Mariachi is the eleventh and final studio album by American experimental rock band Sun City Girls, released on September 28, 2010 by Abduction Records. It comprises recording sessions created in the months prior to the passing of founding member Charles Gocher, who died of cancer on February 19, 2007. The music has been described as the trio's most relaxed and easily accessible.

Funeral Mariachi
Studio album by
Sun City Girls
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2010 (2010-09-28)
Recorded2006 in Seattle, WA
GenreAvant-folk
Length37:13
LabelAbduction
ProducerAlan Bishop
Sun City Girls chronology
Singles Volume 2
(2009)		 Funeral Mariachi
(2010)		 Singles Volume 3
(2013)

Release and reception


Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(82/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
Drowned in Sound(7/10)[4]
Pitchfork Media(7.4/10)[5]
PopMatters(7/10)[6]
Spin[7]
Uncut[8]

The album was released to considerable critical acclaim and receiving high marks from established critics such as Robert Christgau, Spin and Pitchfork Media.


Track listing


All tracks are written by Sun City Girls, except "Come Maddalena" by Ennio Morricone.

No.TitleLength
1."Ben's Radio"3:04
2."The Imam"4:09
3."Black Orchid"3:05
4."This Is My Name"4:25
5."Vine Street Piano (Orchestral)"3:51
6."Blue West"3:02
7."Holy Ground"4:13
8."Mineral Wells"1:36
9."El Solo"2:48
10."Come Maddalena"3:21
11."Funeral Mariachi"3:39

Personnel


Adapted from the Funeral Mariachi liner notes.[9]


Release history


Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 2010 Abduction CD, LP ABDT045

References


  1. "Funeral Mariachi - Sun City Girls". Metacritic. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  2. Jurek, Thom. "Sun City Girls: Funeral Mariachi > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Sun City Girls". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  4. Gardner, Noel (December 9, 2010). "Sun City Girls: Funeral Mariachi". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  5. Wolk, Douglas (November 9, 2010). "Sun City Girls: Funeral Mariachi". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  6. Langhoff, Josh (February 6, 2011). "Sun City Girls: Funeral Mariachi". PopMatters. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  7. Schultz, Christopher (November 3, 2010). "Sun City Girls: Funeral Mariachi". Spin. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  8. columnist (January 2011). "Sun City Girls: Funeral Mariachi". Uncut: 95. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  9. Funeral Mariachi (booklet). Sun City Girls. Seattle, Washington: Abduction Records. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)




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