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Central Belters

Mogwai · 2015

220 min · 34 tracks · alternative rock · indie rock · post-rock

Ethereal soundscapes intertwine with powerful crescendos, creating a hauntingly beautiful auditory experience.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • long, immersive listening sessions
  • dynamic emotional journeys
  • atmospheric background focus
  • gradual builds and payoffs

Where this album fits

Career context
Released on October 23, 2015, 'Central Belters' is a compilation of Mogwai's most notable tracks spanning their career up to that point. This album arrived after their 2014 studio album 'Rave Tapes,' marking a period where the band was consolidating their legacy within the post-rock genre. As their first compilation, it serves as a retrospective look at their evolution in sound since their debut in 1997.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Summer 4:28
  • 2 New Paths to Helicon, Part 1 5:58
  • 3 CODY 6:36
  • 4 Christmas Steps 10:40
  • 5 I Know You Are but What Am I? 5:19
  • 6 Hunted by a Freak 4:17

Disc 2

  • 1 Stanley Kubrick 4:16
  • 2 Take Me Somewhere Nice 7:00
  • 3 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong 9:34
  • 4 Mogwai Fear Satan 16:23

Disc 3

  • 1 Auto Rock 4:20
  • 2 Travel Is Dangerous 4:02
  • 3 Friend of the Night 5:30
  • 4 We’re No Here 5:38
  • 5 I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead 6:45
  • 6 The Sun Smells Too Loud 7:00
  • 7 Batcat 5:24

Disc 4

  • 1 Mexican Grand Prix 5:20
  • 2 Rano Pano 5:16
  • 3 How to Be a Werewolf 6:23
  • 4 Wizard Motor 4:41
  • 5 Remurdered 6:27
  • 6 The Lord Is Out of Control 4:24
  • 7 Teenage Exorcists 3:33

Disc 5

  • 1 Hugh Dallas 8:34
  • 2 Half Time 6:52
  • 3 Burn Girl Prom Queen 8:32
  • 4 Devil Rides 4:02
  • 5 Hasenheide 3:30

Disc 6

  • 1 Tell Everybody That I Love Them 4:42
  • 2 Earth Division 6:03
  • 3 Hungry Face 2:24
  • 4 D to E 6:02
  • 5 My Father My King 20:16

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