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{{Infobox album
| name = About to Choke
| type = studio
| artist = [[Vic Chesnutt]]
| cover = Abouttochoke.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1996|11|12|df=y}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Keane Studios Ltd. (tracks 3, 7, 8 and 11), Vic Chestnutt's home studio (track 6), Rocket Shack Recording (tracks 2, 10 & 12), Full Moon Studios (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 9)
| genre = [[Folk rock]]
| length = 45:24
| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer = John De Vries, Mark Lafalce, Vic Chesnutt
| prev_title = [[Is the Actor Happy?]]
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = [[The Salesman and Bernadette]]
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Album ratings
| noprose = yes
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r244136|pure_url=yes}} |title=About to Choke |last=Owens |first=Thom |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=25 April 2009}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-12-06/entertainment/9612060048_1_vic-chesnutt-electro-misguided |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309120341/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-12-06/entertainment/9612060048_1_vic-chesnutt-electro-misguided |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 March 2018 |title=Vic Chesnutt About to Choke (Capitol) |author-link=Greg Kot |last=Kot |first=Greg |date=6 December 1996|work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev3score = {{rating-Christgau|cut}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=Vic Chesnutt |chapter-url=https://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=vic+chesnutt |date=15 October 2000|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn=9780312245603 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4score = {{rating|2.5|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-30-ca-4199-story.html |title=Vic Chesnutt, "About to Choke," Capitol. |last=Cromelin |first=Richard |date=30 November 1996|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=8 March 2018|issn=0458-3035}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac |url-access=registration |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |last1=Brackett |first1=Nathan |last2=Hoard |first2=Christian David |date=2004 |publisher=[[Simon and Schuster]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n173 160] |isbn=9780743201698|author-link=Nathan Brackett |author-link2=Christian Hoard}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 7.5/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14370-about-to-choke-reissue/ |title=About to Choke [Reissue] |last=Deusner |first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Deusner |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=21 June 2010}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vicchesnutt/albums/album/210217/review/5945846/about_to_choke |title=About to Choke Review |last=Robbins |first=Ira |author-link=|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=21 November 1996 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428091138/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/vicchesnutt/albums/album/210217/review/5945846/about_to_choke |archive-date=28 April 2009 }}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev8score = 6/10<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X1aghtVf0GEC&pg=PA144 | title=Records | author=Miles, Milo | journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | volume=12 | issue=9 | pages=144 | date=December 1996}}</ref> }}
'''''About to Choke''''' is a 1996 album by [[Vic Chesnutt]], an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who was known for his raw, expressive vocals. It was his fifth album overall and his first for a major label. It was released by [[Capitol Records]], and was reissued, in 2010, by Plain Recordings.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/vic-chesnutts-about-to-choke-returns-as-june-reissue-20100519 | title=Vic Chesnutt's 'About to Choke' Returns as June Reissue | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=19 May 2010 | access-date=1 September 2014 | author=Kreps, Daniel }}<br>- {{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/503025/on-about-to-choke-vic-chesnutt-doesnt/ |title=On About to Choke, Vic Chesnutt Doesn't |last=Nelson |first=Chris |website=[[MTV News]] |date=4 November 1998 |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417071222/http://www.mtv.com/news/503025/on-about-to-choke-vic-chesnutt-doesnt/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vic Chesnutt|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/vic-chesnutt-1964-2009/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Vic Chesnutt: About to Choke [Reissue]|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14370-about-to-choke-reissue/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nelson|first=Chris|date=November 11, 1996|title=ATN Preview: Vic Chesnutt's About To Choke|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/508552/atn-preview-vic-chesnutts-about-to-choke/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011160710/http://www.mtv.com/news/508552/atn-preview-vic-chesnutts-about-to-choke/|archive-date=October 11, 2021|access-date=2021-10-11|website=MTV News|language=en}}</ref> In 2019, [[Discogs]] included ''About to Choke'' on its list of the 35 Saddest Albums of All Time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-27|title=The 35 Saddest Albums Of All Time|url=https://blog.discogs.com/en/the-35-saddest-albums-of-all-time/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Discogs|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114165521/https://blog.discogs.com/en/the-35-saddest-albums-of-all-time/ |archive-date=14 January 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 12, 2019|title=Os 35 álbuns mais tristes de todos os tempos|url=https://blitz.pt/principal/update/2019-12-07-Os-35-albuns-mais-tristes-de-todos-os-tempos|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Blitz Expresso|language=pt-PT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011161100/https://blitz.pt/principal/update/2019-12-07-Os-35-albuns-mais-tristes-de-todos-os-tempos |archive-date=11 October 2021 }}</ref>

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Vic Chesnutt]]
# "Myrtle" – 3:09
# "New Town" – 4:09
# "Ladle" – 4:06
# "Tarragon" – 2:00
# "Swelters" – 3:51
# "(It's No Secret) Satisfaction" – 1:02
# "Little Vacation" – 3:43
# "Degenerate" – 4:23
# "Hot Seat" – 3:39
# "Giant Sands" – 3:40
# "Threads" – 4:23
# "See You Around" – 7:19

==Personnel==
*Vic Chesnutt: vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric and classical), keyboards, piano, synthesizers, harmonica
*Tina Chesnutt: bass guitar
*Jimmy Davidson: acoustic guitar
*John DeVries: lead guitar, bass guitar
*Alex McManus: acoustic and lead guitar
*Mark La Falce: guitars, drums, percussion, vocals

== References ==
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[[Category:Capitol Records albums]]

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About to Choke - Revision history

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