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Touch and Go Records
Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
One of the key record labels in the American 1980s alternative and underground rock scenes, Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous noise rock by the likes of the Butthole Surfers, Big Black,...
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1000 Hurts
1000 Hurts is the third full length album by Shellac, released July 31, 2000 (see 2000 in music). It is Shellac Record #11. In its official promotional materials Shellac described this album as follows: "There are no 12-minute songs on this one....
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- Aug 8, 2000
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- 2,220.36 s (37.006 min )
Spiderland
Spiderland is the second studio album by the American indie rock band Slint, released on March 27, 1991 on Touch and Go. Featuring dramatically alternating dynamics and vocals ranging from spoken word to shouting, the album contains narrative lyrics...
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- Mar 27, 1991
Louden Up Now
Louden Up Now is the second album released by American dance-punk group !!!. Released through Touch and Go Records in the United States and Warp Records in the rest of the world, the album was greeted by mainly positive reviews upon its release in...
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- Jun 7, 2004
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Songs About Fucking
Songs About Fucking is the second and final album by the noise rock band Big Black. It placed 54th on Pitchfork Media's 'Top 100 Albums of the 1980s'. Included are covers of Kraftwerk's "The Model" and Cheap Trick's "He's a Whore".
Steve Albini has...
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- Jan 1, 1987
Head
Head is the first full album by The Jesus Lizard. It was released on Touch & Go Records in 1990. It is their first release to feature a drummer, Mac McNeilly.
"Killer McHann" was played live very frequently.
CD version includes the Pure EP (1989):
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- 1990
Machine
Machine is an EP by the indie rock Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It was released in 2002 by Touch and Go Records, and contains three songs from the Fever to Tell sessions. From this EP came one single, "Machine", which was released only in the UK.
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- Nov 5, 2002
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Beautiful Boyz
Beautiful Boyz is an EP by CocoRosie, released on September 14, 2004. The first two songs are the same as their namesakes on the band's first album, La maison de mon rêve. The eponymous song, however, differs with respect to the version found on...
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- Sep 14, 2004
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Whatever You Love, You Are
Whatever You Love, You Are is the fifth major album by Australian trio, Dirty Three. Cover art by guitarist Mick Turner.
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- Mar 2000
2
2 is an album by the American indie band The Black Heart Procession. It was released on May 18, 1999 on Touch and Go Records.
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- 1999
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Three
Three is an album by the American indie band The Black Heart Procession. It was released on September 5, 2000 on Touch and Go Records.
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- Sep 5, 2000
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Pure
Pure is the debut EP by The Jesus Lizard, released in 1989. The cover artwork was by bassist David Wm. Sims. This is the only record by the Jesus Lizard recorded with a drum machine. Drummer Mac McNeilly was added to the group soon after it was...
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- 1989
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Young Liars
Young Liars was the first major release by the New York City band TV on the Radio. Released in 2003 on Touch & Go Records, the EP helped establish the band's distinctive blending of electronica, doo wop, post-rock, and avant-garde styles. The...
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- Jul 8, 2003
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- 1,515.493 s (25.25822 min )
Headache
Headache is a 1987 EP by Chicago post-hardcore band Big Black. The record generated some controversy due to a cover photograph of a shotgun suicide victim whose head was split in half; it only appeared only on a very limited edition of the record...
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- 1987
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is an album released by the band Enon. It was released September 9, 2003 on Touch and Go Records.
The album also contains a URL to a hidden website which can been seen by removing the black disc holder in the jewel case.
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- Sep 9, 2003
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EEVIAC Operational Index and Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices
EEVIAC Operational Index and Reference Guide, Including Other Modern Computational Devices is the sixth full-length studio album by Man or Astroman?. E.E.V.I.A.C. is an acronym and stands for "Embedded Electronic Variably Integrated Astro Console" ...
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- 1999
Singles Breaking Up
Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1) is an album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. Singles Breaking Up (Vol. 1) was released on Touch and Go Records in 1999 and collects songs from five of the band's seven-inch singles, one song from a ...
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- Jan 12, 1999
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Bonsai Superstar
Bonsai Superstar is the second album from the band Brainiac. It is the first album on which guitarist John Schmersal appears. Pitchfork ranked this album #57 in their feature, Top 100 albums of the 1990s.
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- Nov 1994
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- 2,028.56 s (33.8093 min )
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Take Ecstasy With Me/Get Up
Take Ecstasy with Me/Get Up is a 2005 EP by American dance-punk band !!! (chk chk chk).
Both tracks on the EP are covers; "Take Ecstasy with Me" is originally by The Magnetic Fields, which appeared on Holiday (1994), and "Get Up" is originally by...
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- Jun 7, 2005
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Disco Six Six Six
Disco Six Six Six is a rock EP by Girls Against Boys. It was released on October 1, 1996 by Touch & Go.
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- Oct 1, 1996
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Widowermaker
Widowermaker is the third studio EP by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in September 1989. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers.
This was the band's last release on Touch and Go Records.
The UK edition, on Blast First, was...
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- Sep 6, 1989
Excellent Italian Greyhound
Excellent Italian Greyhound is the title of Shellac's fourth album. It was released on June 5th 2007. The album's title is a reference to drummer Todd Trainer's Italian Greyhound, Uffizi. The album was recorded at Electrical Audio and mastered at...
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- Jun 5, 2007
Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis
Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis is the second studio EP by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in October 1985. All songs were written and produced by the Butthole Surfers.
The EP was originally released on Touch and Go. It was also...
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Uranus
Uranus is Shellac Record #2, a two song 7" on Touch and Go Records. It was released in 1993 on vinyl format only. It believed that it was recorded at the same time as their first release, The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History. As their first release...
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- Oct 1993
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Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac
Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac is the first full-length studio album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in December 1984. All songs were written and produced by the Butthole Surfers.
This was the Surfers' first album on...
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- 1984
Running Time:
- 2,106.907 s (35.11512 min )
Hairway to Steven
Hairway to Steven is the fourth full-length studio album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, released in February 1988. All songs were written by the Butthole Surfers, co-produced by the Surfers and Ric Wallace, and mixed by Wallace. The album...
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- 1989
Running Time:
- 2,488.64 s (41.4773 min )
Locust Abortion Technician
Locust Abortion Technician is the third full-length studio album by American punk band the Butthole Surfers, released in March 1987. All songs were written and produced by the Butthole Surfers, except for "Kuntz," which was written by an unknown and...
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- 1987
Running Time:
- 1,964.12 s (32.7353 min )
The Sword of God
The Sword of God is the 2001 album by the Portland indie-rock duo Quasi, released on Touch and Go Records.
Stanley Jason Zappa played saxophone on "Fuck Hollywood." All other instrumentation by Quasi. "The Curse of Having It All" written by Janet...
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- Aug 21, 2001
Running Time:
- 3,174.933 s (52.91555 min )
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When the Going Gets Dark
When the Going Gets Dark is an album by Quasi. It was released on March 21, 2006 on Touch and Go Records. It was released in Europe by Domino Records.
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- Mar 21, 2006
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- 2,576.56 s (42.9427 min )
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Hot Shit
Hot Shit is the fifth album by the Portland indie rock duo Quasi, released on September 9, 2003 on the Touch & Go label. Early copies as well as the European edition released by Domino Records include a bonus CD entitled Live Shit.
This CD was...
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- Sep 9, 2003
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- 2,656.56 s (44.276 min )
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Atomizer
Atomizer is a 1986 album by the American noise rock group Big Black. It is their debut album as all previous releases are EPs. The LP is accompanied by liner notes that explain the stories behind many of the songs. The album reached number 197 in...
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- Jan 1, 1986
Lungs
Lungs is the first EP by American Post-hardcore band Big Black. It was released in December 1982 on Ruthless Records, and was reissued in 1992 on Touch & Go Records. Steve Albini played nearly every instrument on Lungs, with "sax bleats" by Albini's...
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- 1982
The Hammer Party
The Hammer Party is a 1986 CD/LP release of Big Black's first three EPs (made between 1982 and 1984). The CD release contains Lungs, Bulldozer, and Racer-X, with the LP release containing only Lungs and Bulldozer (one EP on each side). It was...
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- 1986
Running Time:
- 3,428.427 s (57.14045 min )
The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape
The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape is an album by post-hardcore noise rock band Big Black. It was released in 1987 by Touch & Go Records. The album is a CD compilation of Big Black's Atomizer album, Headache EP and "Heartbeat" single. The track ...
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- 1987
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- 3,139.36 s (52.3227 min )
Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
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- Jun 6, 2000
Running Time:
- 2,372.133 s (39.53555 min )
Amore del Tropico
Amore del Tropico is an album by the American indie band The Black Heart Procession. It was released on October 8, 2002 on Touch and Go Records.
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- Oct 8, 2002
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- 3,342.493 s (55.70822 min )
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The Spell
The Spell is the fifth full-length album recorded by the indie rock band The Black Heart Procession.
The album was released by Touch and Go Records on May 9, 2006. The album was recorded and produced by the band in their new studio, SDRL, in San...
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- May 9, 2006
Running Time:
- 2,715.507 s (45.25845 min )
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Goat
Goat is the second full length album by The Jesus Lizard, released in 1991. It is their most acclaimed album, with many critics calling it one of the best albums of the 90's. The album was produced by Steve Albini.
Its cover art, by bassist David Wm...
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- Feb 21, 1991
Running Time:
- 1,830.8 s (30.513 min )
Tweez
Tweez is the debut album by American indie rock group Slint. Originally released on small independent label Jennifer Hartman Records in 1989, it was subsequently re-issued on Touch and Go Records.
All the album's song titles are taken from the names...
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- 1989
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- 1,773.8 s (29.563 min )
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1000X
1000X is a 10" EP/CDEP released by Man or Astro-man?. The 10" was released on clear vinyl and on black vinyl.
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- Apr 22, 1997
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- 1,226.493 s (20.44155 min )
A Spectrum of Infinite Scale
A spectrum of Infinite scale is the twelfth full length album by Man or Astro-man? It was released as a CD and a double 10" on clear yellow/red vinyl and on black vinyl.
They play a ImageWriter II at the eleventh song, called "A Simple Text File"....
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- Sep 5, 2000
Running Time:
- 2,506.2 s (41.77 min )
Experiment Zero
Experiment Zero is the fourth full-length studio album by Man or Astro-man?.
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- Apr 16, 1996
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- 2,140.4 s (35.673 min )
Made From Technetium
Made From Technetium is the fifth full-length studio album by Man or Astro-man?. In an interview, bassist Coco the Electronic Monkey Wizard joked that the album "was, in fact, made from technetium" and had caused cancer in a number of listeners.
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- Sep 2, 1997
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- 3,639.267 s (60.65445 min )
What Burns Never Returns
What Burns Never Returns is the third album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. What Burns Never Returns was released on Touch and Go Records in 1998 and was a reunion of sorts for the band -- it was their first album after a two...
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- Jun 9, 1998
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- 2,851.467 s (47.52445 min )
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Don Caballero 2
Don Caballero 2 is the second album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. Don Caballero 2 was released on Touch and Go Records in 1995. It is the group's longest album, clocking in at almost one hour in length.
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- Sep 15, 1995
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- 3,543.533 s (59.05888 min )
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American Don
American Don is an album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band, released on Touch and Go Records in 2000. It was recorded by Steve Albini.
American Don is Don Caballero's fifth full-length release and fourth proper studio album, but...
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- Oct 3, 2000
Running Time:
- 3,349.373 s (55.82288 min )
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For Respect
For Respect is the debut album by Don Caballero, a Pittsburgh-based math rock band. For Respect was released on Touch and Go Records in 1993.
Though Ian Williams is credited on guitar for this album, he only joined the band shortly before For...
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- Oct 8, 1993
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- 2,270.667 s (37.84445 min )
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Exploded Drawing
Exploded Drawing is Polvo's third studio album. It was engineered by Bob Weston and released as a CD and double-LP on Touch and Go Records in 1996.
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- Apr 30, 1996
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- 3,537.667 s (58.96112 min )
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Shapes
Shapes is Polvo's fourth studio album. It was recorded by Bob Weston and released on Touch and Go Records in 1997.
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- Sep 23, 1997
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- 3,010.16 s (50.1693 min )
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Ocean Songs
Ocean Songs is the fourth major album by Australian trio, Dirty Three. On some tracks David Grubbs plays piano and harmonium.
A special release version was issued by their UK record label, Bella Union, in 2005 that contained the original album along...
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- Mar 31, 1998
Running Time:
- 4,019.133 s (66.98555 min )
Horse Stories
Horse Stories is the third major album by Australian trio, Dirty Three. "I Remember A Time When Once You Used To Love Me" is a cover of a modern Greek song written by Yiannis Spanos and originally sung by the singer-songwriter Arleta.
Cover art by...
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- Sep 10, 1996
Running Time:
- 3,405.067 s (56.75112 min )
Cinder
Cinder is the seventh major album by Australian trio, Dirty Three. Conceived in the summer of 2005 on Phillip Island, in South Eastern Australia, the songs are shorter, more trimmed down and classic in composition than usual Dirty Three output....
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- Oct 11, 2005
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- 4,234.92 s (70.582 min )
Run to Ruin
Run to Ruin is the third album by American singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia. It was recorded by Steve Albini at Black Box studio in Noyant-la-Gravoyère, France and at Looking Glass studio in New York. Released in 2003 by Touch and Go Records, it...
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- Jun 3, 2003
Running Time:
- 1,871.293 s (31.18822 min )
The Blackened Air
The Blackened Air is the second album by American singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia. The final track, That's All There Is, was held over from sessions for her debut, Dogs. It was released in 2002 by Touch and Go Records.
Engineered by Steve Albini at...
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- Apr 9, 2002
Running Time:
- 2,635.733 s (43.92888 min )
Dogs
Dogs is the first album by American singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia. It was originally released in 2000 by Socialist Records and re-released in 2004 by Touch and Go Records.
John Peel has described the album as "astonishing".
Engineer Steve Albini...
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- 2000
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- 2,643.933 s (44.06555 min )
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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes is a 2004 album by the avant-garde rock band, TV on the Radio. The album was awarded the Shortlist Music Prize for 2004. It was released on CD, 12" vinyl and MP3 download formats. The CD is enhanced with two...
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- Mar 9, 2004
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark is an album by CocoRosie, released in 2005. The album includes collaborations with Antony Hegarty from Antony and the Johnsons ("Beautiful Boyz"), Devendra Banhart ("Brazilian Sun") and French rapper Spleen ("Bisounours").
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- Sep 13, 2005
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- 2,674.44 s (44.574 min )
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La Maison de Mon Rêve
La maison de mon rêve (English: The house of my dream) is the first album by CocoRosie, released on March 9, 2004 by Touch and Go Records. It has been re-released in Australia in 2007 including a bonus track (Beautiful Boyz)
Bianca and Sierra Casady...
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- Mar 9, 2004
Running Time:
- 2,461.533 s (41.02555 min )
The Greatest Gift
The Greatest Gift is a posthumously-released compilation album by Scratch Acid, containing everything they had recorded.
Included is one unreleased track, "The Scale Song", which was recorded in December 1982 and is likely the band's earliest...
Release Date:
- 1991
Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons is the fifth studio album by Blonde Redhead. It was produced by Guy Picciotto & Ryan Hadlock and released by Touch & Go Records in 2000.
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- Jun 6, 2000
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Living With the Living
Living with the Living is the fifth album by the Washington, D.C. rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, released in 2007 by Touch and Go Records. It was the band's first album for the Touch and Go label and debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at...
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- Mar 20, 2007
