Altitude (ALT album)

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Altitude
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Studio album by
ALT
Released1995
RecordedJuly 1994; Periscope Studios, Melbourne
Genre Folk rock
Length55:43
Label ALT/Cooking Vinyl
Producer ALT
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Altitude was the only studio album to date released by ALT, the grouping of Tim Finn, Andy White & Liam O'Moanlai. Also released was a live recording simply called Bootleg.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Finn, Andy White & Liam O'Moanlai unless noted.

No.TitleLength
1."We're All Men" 
2."Penelope Tree" 
3."When The Winter Comes" 
4."Favourite Girl" 
5."Swim" 
6."The Refuge Tree" 
7."What You've Done" 
8."Second Swim" 
9."Girlfriend Guru" (ALT, Laurence Maddy, Simon Polinski) 
10."Mandala" 
11."I Decided To Fly" 
12."The Day You Were Born" 
13."Halfway Around The World" 

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