After (Lady Lamb album)

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After
After Lady Lamb Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 3, 2015 (2015-03-03)
Genre Rock
Length55:57
Label Mom + Pop Music
Producer Nadim Issa, Aly Spaltro
Lady Lamb chronology
Ripely Pine
(2013)
After
(2015)
Even in the Tremor
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [3]

After is the second studio album by American musician Lady Lamb. It was released in March 2015 under Mom + Pop Music.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Aly Spaltro, except tracks 3 and 7 co-written with TJ Metcalfe

No.TitleLength
1."Vena Cava"3:54
2."Billions of Eyes"5:12
3."Violet Clementine"4:46
4."Heretic"4:15
5."Sunday Shoes"5:20
6."Spat Out Spit"4:30
7."Penny Licks"5:12
8."Dear Arkansas Daughter"5:54
9."Milk Duds"3:11
10."Ten"4:47
11."Batter"2:52
12."Atlas"6:04
Total length:55:57

Personnel

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References

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