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Mother of All Saints is an album by the American band Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. It was released in 1992 through Matador Records. The band supported the album by playing shows with Bailter Space.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography	6/10
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10

The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a sprawling, 23-song, 70-minute heap of fragmented melodies, noise and roundabout backwoods ruralism." The Gainesville Sun praised the "staggering epic weirdness."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

No.	Title	Length
1.	"..." (retitled "The Herald" on YouTube)	0:08
2.	"Gentleman's Lament"	2:47
3.	"Catcher"	2:27
4.	"Hornet's Heart"	2:41
5.	"Star Trek"	3:59
6.	"Tell Me"	4:07
7.	"Heaven for Addled Imbeciles"	1:22
8.	"Hive"	4:41
9.	"Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice"	4:04
10.	"None Too Fancy"	2:47
11.	"Wide Forehead"	4:09
12.	"Infection"	5:18
13.	"Pleasure Circle"	1:26
14.	"Tight Little Thing"	1:43
15.	"Hosanna Loud Hosanna"	1:17
16.	"Tuning Notes"	4:08
17.	"Shuddering Big Butter"	2:52
18.	"1" Tall"	4:29
19.	"Raymond H."	5:52
20.	"..." (retitled "The Toad Submerged" on YouTube)	0:49
21.	"Cistern"	4:37
22.	"El Cerrito"	2:48
23.	"Fish Bowl"	1:07

Personnel

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

Mark Davies – guitar, bass guitar, banjo, percussion, French horn, organ, vocals
Anne Eickelberg – bass guitar, percussion, vocals
Brian Hageman – guitar, erhu, viola, mandolin, tape, percussion, vocals
Jay Paget – drums, vocals
Hugh Swarts – guitar, piano, percussion, vocals

Production and additional personnel

Paul Bergmann – drums on "Tight Little Thing"
Gail Butensky – photography
Kim Campisano – photography
John Frentress – harmonica on "1" Tall"
Greg Freeman – production, engineering
Bren't Lewiis – tape on "Tell Me"
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – production

References

"With a great cranky clatter, the avant-garde rock band...". Arizona Daily Star. 20 Nov 1992. p. 26F.
Reynolds, Simon (Feb 6, 1993). "Mother of All Saints by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". Melody Maker. 69 (6): 33.
Powers, Ann (7 Nov 1992). "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, from the nonconformist enclave of San Francisco...". The New York Times. p. 1:13.
West, Phil (April 29, 1994). "TIME FOR A CHALLENGE? STOP BY THE OFF RAMP". The Seattle Times. p. D42.
Phares, Heather. "Mother of All Saints". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^ Margasak, Peter (21 Jan 1993). "Rave Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
"The encyclopedia of popular music". 1998.
Strong, Martin Charles (1999). The great alternative & indie discography. Canongate. ISBN 9780862419134.
Spin Alternative Record Guide, page 402-403
Doherty, Jim (August 11, 1995). "Iowa's Thinking Fellers return Wednesday". The Gainesville Sun.
"The Herald". YouTube.
"The Toad Submerged". YouTube.

External links

Mother Of All Saints at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Studio albums	Wormed by Leonard (1988) Tangle (1989) Lovelyville (1991) Mother of All Saints (1992) Strangers from the Universe (1994) I Hope It Lands (1996) Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche (2001)
EPs	Where's Officer Tuba (1993) Admonishing the Bishops (1993) The Funeral Pudding (1994)
Singles	2x4's / Horrible Hour (1990) The Natural Finger (1990) Outhouse Of The Pryeeeeeeee / Wheat Delusion (1991) Everyday / A Fistful of Dollars (1995) The Kids Are In The Mud / Broken Bones (1996)
Compilations	TFUL282 (1995) Porcelain Entertainments (1995)

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