Tracklist front / back album covers
The Walkabouts - See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens
"Jumping Off" – 2:59
"Breakneck Speed" – 3:07
"The Wellspring" – 3:44
"John Reilly" – 3:38
"Robert McFarlane Blues" – 0:54
"This Rotten Tree" – 2:06
"Laughingstock" – 3:34
"Glass Palace" – 3:01
"Feast or Famine" – 4:22
"Ballad of Moss Head" – 2:47
"Who-Knows-What" – 4:15
"Rattlesnake Theme" – 1:15
The Walkabouts Band Members / Musicians
Michael Wells – bass, harmonica, vocals
Carla Torgerson – vocals, guitar, keyboard, cello
Grant Eckman – drums, percussion
Chris Eckman – vocals, guitar, moss organ
Terry Lee Hale – lead guitar on "This Rotten Tree", acoustic lead guitar on "Gather Round"
Alan Goodman – lap steel guitar on "Jumping off"
Nancy Clark – violin on "Breakneck Speed"
Tony Kroes – noise and treatments (according to the Glitterhouse re-release CD liner notes)
Curt Eckman – bass on "Certain Gift"
Dylan Thomas – voice over on "Certain Gift"
See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens is the debut album by American alternative country band The Walkabouts released in 1988 through PopLlama Records.
The Walkabouts were an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984. The core members were vocalist Carla Torgerson and vocalist and songwriter Chris Eckman. Although the rest of the line-up changed occasionally, for most of the time the other members were Michael Wells, Glenn Slater and Terri Moeller.
The Walkabouts Band Members / Musicians
See Beautiful Rattlesnake Gardens (1988 - PopLlama - produced by Tony Kroes, Ed Brooks & the Walkabouts)
Cataract (1989 - Sub Pop - produced by Tony Kroes, Ed Brooks & the Walkabouts)
Scavenger (1991 - Sub Pop - produced by Gary Smith)
New West Motel (1993 - Sub Pop - produced by Ed Brooks & the Walkabouts)
Satisfied Mind (1993 - Sub Pop - produced by Kevin Suggs & the Walkabouts)
Setting the Woods on Fire (1994 - Sub Pop - produced by Ed Brooks & the Walkabouts)
Devil's Road (1996 - Virgin, Germany - produced by Victor Van Vugt)
Nighttown (1997 - Virgin, Germany - produced by Victor Van Vugt)
Trail of Stars (1999 - Glitterhouse Records - produced by Phill Brown & the Walkabouts)
Train Leaves at Eight (2000 - Glitterhouse - Kevin Suggs & Walkabouts)
Ended Up a Stranger (2001 - Glitterhouse - produced by Larry Crane, Phill Brown & the Walkabouts)
Acetylene (2005 - Glitterhouse - produced by Tucker Martine & the Walkabouts)
Travels in the Dustland (2011 - Glitterhouse)
