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| recorded = August 2004 – July 2005
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| Label = [[Candlelight Records|Candlelight]]<br>[[The End Records|The End]] (reissue)▼
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| length = 45:41
| Last album = ''[[Imaginary Sonicscape]]''<br /> (2001)▼
| producer = Sigh
| Next album = ''[[Hangman's Hymn]]''<br /> (2007)▼
| prev_year = 2001
| next_year = 2007
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{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[{{
|rev2 = [[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]
|rev2score = 8.5/10<ref name=terrorizer138>{{cite journal|last=Strachan|first=Guy|title=Sigh: Gallows Gallery|journal=Terrorizer|date=December 2005|issue=138|page=82}}</ref>
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'''''Gallows Gallery''''' is an album by the band [[Sigh (band)|Sigh]]. It was released by [[Candlelight Records]] originally in 2005.
==Background==
''Gallows Gallery'' is Sigh's first album as a four-piece rather than a trio and their first album for which they made a music video. The album also more prominently features clean vocals, with Mirai's singing heavily processed through [[Pro Tools]] and [[vocoders]].{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} Sigh incorporated influences that prompted Avi Pitchon to describe the album in ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]'' as containing a "decidedly power fuckin' metal vibe...it's power metal the Sigh way".<ref name="terrorizer interview">{{cite journal|last=Pitchon|first=Avi|title=Sigh: Ways of the Wyrd|journal=Terrorizer|date=December 2005|issue=138|pages=20–21}}</ref> Pitchon went on to suggest that "one thing ''Gallows Gallery'' surely '''isn't''' is black metal".<ref name="terrorizer interview" />
In response to suggestions that ''Gallows Gallery'' and the preceding ''Imaginary Sonicscape'' sounded more "happy" than previous Sigh albums, Mirai responded that:
{{quote|1=Some people say that our late stuff sounds happy, but I have never ever had the intention to express happy feelings in any way. My motivation as a musician is always negative things. I can't write any happy songs, probably because I am a negative person to the bone...I know ''Gallows Gallery'' and ''Imaginary Sonicscape'' contain some different feelings, but still they are all based on my negative feelings. I just use other techniques to express it, like using even major keys.<ref name="terrorizer interview" />}}
The untitled Track 10 was purported to be a recording of sounds researched in sonic warfare, created to psychologically harm the listener. It was also rumored that the inclusion of this track was what caused the band to be dropped from the [[Century Media]] label; however, both of these rumors have been refuted by the band. These rumors were created in part to hide the poor mastering of the original release, and in part to hide the real reason why they were dropped from Century Media, which was that the label was disappointed that the band did not go in a more black metal-oriented direction.<ref>[http://sigh.gospel-virus.net/bio.htm The Slaughtergarden - Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>▼
Mirai also confirmed that, while the album is not a concept album, "musically each song is connected with the same or similar chord progressions and melodies", producing what he described as "a certain continuity".<ref name="terrorizer interview" />
▲The untitled Track 10 was purported to be a recording of sounds researched in sonic warfare, created to psychologically harm the listener. It was also rumored that the inclusion of this track was what caused the band to be dropped from the [[Century Media]] label; however, both of these rumors have been refuted by the band. These rumors were created in part to hide the poor mastering of the original release, and in part to hide the real reason why they were dropped from Century Media, which was that the label was disappointed that the band did not go in a more black metal-oriented direction.<ref>
In 2007, The End Records released a remastered reissue of the album, with revamped blue-sky artwork and extra tracks. The minute-long intro to "Confession to Be Buried" was removed from the remastered version, bringing the track's length down to 5:25.
The album was remastered again in 2012 by Blood Music, who released the album in limited double CD and double vinyl editions. The second disc contained previously unreleased demo recordings; additionally, the untitled tenth track and the David Harrow mix of "The Tranquilizer Song" were omitted from the remaster.
==Track listing==
*All Songs Written by Sigh, except where noted.
{{Track list
# "Pale Monument" – 3:50▼
|title1 = Pale Monument
# "In a Drowse" – 3:24▼
|length1 = 3:50
# "The Enlightenment Day" – 3:31▼
|title2 = In a Drowse
# "Confession to Be Buried" – 5:25▼
|length2 = 3:24
# "The Tranquilizer Song" – 3:18 (Kawashima)▼
|title3 = The Enlightenment Day
# "Midnight Sun" – 3:44▼
|length3 = 3:31
# "Silver Universe" - 3:50▼
|title4 = Confession to Be Buried
# "Gavotte Grim" – 7:25▼
|length4 = 5:25
# "Messiahplan" - 4:47▼
|title5 = The Tranquilizer Song
|length5 = 3:18
# "The Tranquilizer Song" (David Harrow Mix) – 4:03▼
|note5 = Kawashima
|length6 = 3:44
|title7 = Silver Universe
|length7 = 3:50
|title8 = Gavotte Grim
|length8 = 7:25
|title9 = Messiahplan
|length9 = 4:47
|title10 = -
|length10 = 1:12
|length11 = 4:03
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#<li value = 12> Pale Monument (Harsh Vocal Version) - 3:53
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# Jazzy Outtake 2 - 0:31
===2012 Reissue Bonus Disc - Demos, September 20, 2004===
==Personnel<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Sigh-Gallows-Gallery/release/2121583 Personnel as found at discogs]</ref>==▼
==Personnel==
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===Sigh===
*Mirai Kawashima: Vocals, [[Organ (music)|
*Shinichi Ishikawa: Rhythm & Lead Guitars
*Satoshi Fujinami: Bass, Additional Guitars
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===Additional Personnel===
*Paul Groundwell
*[[Niklas Sundin]] - [[guitar solo]] on "In a Drowse"
*Bruce Lamont (from [[jazz metal]] band [[Yakuza (band)|
*Killjoy (from [[Necrophagia]]): [[Narrator|Narration]] & Additional Vocals
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