Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead" 6:46
2. "Batcat" 5:23
3. "Danphe and the Brain" 5:18
4. "Local Authority" 4:15
5. "The Sun Smells Too Loud" 6:58
6. "Kings Meadow" 4:42
7. "I Love You, I'm Going to Blow Up Your School" 7:33
8. "Scotland's Shame" 8:00
9. "Thank You Space Expert" 7:55
10. "The Precipice" 6:42
Total length: 63:29
Japanese edition bonus tracks
11. "Dracula Family" 6:02
12. "Stupid Prick Gets Chased by the Police and Loses His Slut Girlfriend" 5:07
13. "Devil Rides" 4:00
Total length: 78:38
Mogwai Band Members / Musicians
Dominic Aitchison – bass guitar
Stuart Braithwaite – guitar
Martin Bulloch – drums
Barry Burns – guitar, keyboard
John Cummings – guitar
James Aparicio – mixing assistance
Nadia Bradley – photography and design
Tony Doogan – recording of "The Sun Smells Too Loud"
Gareth Jones – mixing
Andy Miller – producer
Andi Whitelock – recording of bowed mandolin on "Scotland's Shame"
The Hawk Is Howling is the 6th studio album by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released on 22 September 2008 by Wall of Sound, Play It Again Sam and Matador in the UK, Europe, and the US, respectively. It was released in Australia by Spunk Records on 27 September 2008.
It is their first album of exclusively instrumental songs, since their earlier albums have all had vocals (singing or spoken word) on some tracks.
The album peaked at number 35 in the UK Album Charts and 97 on the Billboard 200.
