Amoeba (album)

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Amoeba
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 1999
RecordedJune – July 1999
StudioThe Craft
Genre Ambient
Length53:52
Label Loose Groove
Critters Buggin chronology
Bumpa
(1998)
Amoeba
(1999)
Stampede
(2004)
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Amoeba is a studio album by electronic band Critters Buggin, released on October 19, 1999 on Loose Groove. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Space Muffla"9:14
2."Sonic Broom"5:51
3."Slow and Bulbous"5:26
4."Taint"2:18
5."Imperial Turkey Blister"4:53
6."Emperor Chi Chi"8:52
7."D Lab 2"7:02
8."Hairy Partched"4:35
9."Beaver Builds a Dam"5:40

Personnel

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