77 (Nude Beach album)

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77
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 2014 (2014-10-21)
Genre Indie rock, punk
Length68:39
Label Don Giovanni Records
Producer Chuck Betz
Nude Beach chronology
II
(2012)
77
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic (77/100) [1]
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (6.9/10) [2]
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77 is a double album and third full-length album by Nude Beach released on Don Giovanni Records in 2014.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Used To It"2:37
2."I'm Not Like You"3:07
3."Yesterday"3:27
4."Time"4:42
5."See My Way"2:55
6."For A While"2:26
7."For You"2:44
8."I Can't Keep The Tears From Falling"3:02
9."Geoffrey's Tune"1:52
10."On The One Too Many's"3:40
11."It's So Hard"1:31
12."Can't Get Enough"4:01
13."Changes"6:24
14."It's So Hard To Love You"4:56
15."The Witness"4:27
16."Set Me Free"3:16
17."I Found You"10:02
18."If We Only Had The Time"3:30
Total length:68:39

Personnel

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