Tourniquet
Acoustic Archives
(Tourniquet Productions, 1998)

 
 
Producer: Bill Metoyer and Tourniquet

Known Formats
CD – no catalog #, lyrics included - yes

The Band
Vince Dennis – bass, vocals
Luke Easter – guitar, vocals
Aaron Guerra – vocals
Ted Kirkpatrick – guitar, drums and percussion

Featuring Albums
Psycho Surgery {1}
Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance {2}
Vanishing Lessons {3}
Carry The Wounded EP {4}
Crawl To China {5}

Songs
1.   {1} Viento Borrascoso [instrumental] (2:52)
2.   {3} Vanishing Lessons (5:19)
3.   {5} Claustrospelunker (4:05)
4.   {3} Bearing Gruesome Cargo (4:54)
5.   {2} Phantom Limb (6:00)
6.   {5} Bats (3:23)
7.   {4} Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (4:13)
8.   {3} Twilight (4:02)
9.   {5} If Pigs Could Fly (5:01)
10.        Trivializing The Momentous, Complicating The Obvious (6:36)

Total Time – 46:24

* = previously unreleased track
 

Comments: Another Tourniquet collector said this was some of the worst cover art he's ever seen, and I would have to agree.  As for this collection of old songs,  Ted explains in the liners - "When we first began playing acoustic shows a few years back, we didn't know they would be so well received.  Many liked the acoustic versions of familiar Tourniquet songs so well, they asked for an album of them.  The timing was never right, until now."  All the previously released tracks are with acoustic guitars only, but the new track (10) is a full blistering new track of classic Tourniquet.  This is supposed a limited edition release of 2000 copies or so.