Mournful Cries

Mournful Cries
Studio album by Saint Vitus
Released	August 22, 1988
Recorded	March 24-24, 1988
Studio	Music Grinder Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Doom metal
Length	33:01
Label	SST
Producer	Saint Vitus, Joe Carducci
Saint Vitus chronology
Thirsty and Miserable (1987) Mournful Cries (1988) V (1990)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Martin Popoff	[2]

Mournful Cries is the fourth studio album by the American doom metal band Saint Vitus, released in 1988. This was the band's last release on SST Records. The cover features a painting of a hydra.

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Chandler, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Intro / The Creeps" – 2:47
2. "Dragon Time" – 7:27
3. "Shooting Gallery" – 6:45

Side two

1. "Intro / Bitter Truth" (Scott Weinrich) – 4:14
2. "The Troll" – 6:57
3. "Looking Glass" (Weinrich) – 4:50

Personnel

Saint Vitus

• Scott "Wino" Weinrich - vocals, guitar on tracks 2, 4, 6
• Dave Chandler - guitar, vocals on track 2
• Mark Adams - bass
• Armando Acosta - drums

Production

• Joe Carducci - producer
• Casey McMackin & Keith - engineers

References

1. Deming, Mark. Saint Vitus: Mournful Cries at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.