A Killer Among Us (EP)

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A Killer Among Us
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EP (Split EP)by
The Hives and The Pricks
Released1998
RecordedJuly and December 1997
StudioThe Studio
Studio Soundlab, Örebro
Genre
Length9:41
Label Hard-On Records
Producer
  • Mieszko Talarczyk
  • The Hives
  • The Pricks
The Hives chronology
A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T
(1998)
A Killer Among Us
(1998)
Veni Vidi Vicious
(2000)

A Killer Among Us is a split EP from Swedish bands The Hives and The Pricks, released in 1998 on the Hard-On Records label. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

The Hives
No.TitleLength
1."Punkrock City Morning"1:02
2."Gninrom Ytic Kcorknup"2:17
3."Numbers" (The Adicts cover)1:59
Total length:5:18
The Pricks
No.TitleLength
4."Butthole City"1:39
5."Beaty Expert"1:15
6."I Don't Need Your School"1:29
Total length:4:23

Personnel

The Hives

The Pricks

Production personnel

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References

  1. "20 YEARS AGO…..A KILLER AMONG US". The Hives. 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
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