| Tiger and the Duke | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 15, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | Unknown | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore, experimental rock, art rock, ambient | |||
| Length | 34:08 (Original edition) 71:39 (reissue) | |||
| Label | Stars And Satellites Records (Original edition) Equal Vision Records (reissue) | |||
| Producer | Rich Balling | |||
| The Sound of Animals Fighting chronology | ||||
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| Reissue cover | ||||
 The reissue cover of Tiger and The Duke. | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | 84%[1] |
Tiger and the Duke is the debut studio album by the experimental rock band The Sound of Animals Fighting. Four songs from this album were released in demo form on a 2004 EP of the same title.
It is a concept album revolving around the title character, Duke, and the captain who runs the ship they are sailing. The cargo of the ship are crazy animals who howl and fight below the deck. Eventually the captain's sons start a mutiny in which the captain jumps off the ship.
The album was reissued via Equal Vision Records on June 26, 2007. The reissue features all tracks remixed, with new interludes, and new artwork by Drew Roulette of dredg and Dark Heavens and packaging along with eight remixes from Lover, The Lord Has Left Us....[2] The album peaked at 35 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[3]
- ^ AbsolutePunk review
- ^ "The Ultimate Punk Music Store!". Interpunk.com. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ Billboard.com