| Ask Questions Later | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 30, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | November 1992 | |||
| Studio | BC Studio, Brooklyn, NY | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 50:11 | |||
| Label | Big Cat/Interscope | |||
| Producer | Martin Bisi, Cop Shoot Cop | |||
| Cop Shoot Cop chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ [2] |
| NME |  [3] |
Ask Questions Later is the third album by American noise rock group Cop Shoot Cop, released on March 30, 1993, by Big Cat and Interscope Records. [4]
All lyrics are written by Tod Ashley.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Surprise, Surprise" | Jack Natz | 4:58 |
| 2. | "Room 429" | Tod Ashley | 5:08 |
| 3. | "Nowhere" | Tod Ashley | 4:12 |
| 4. | "Migration" | Phil Puleo | 1:26 |
| 5. | "Cut to the Chase" | Tod Ashley | 4:07 |
| 6. | "$10 Bill" | Tod Ashley | 3:45 |
| 7. | "Seattle" | Jim Coleman | 1:38 |
| 8. | "Furnace" | Jack Natz | 4:59 |
| 9. | "Israeli Dig" | Jim Coleman | 2:11 |
| 10. | "Cause and Effect" | Jack Natz | 3:15 |
| 11. | "Got No Soul" | Tod Ashley | 5:16 |
| 12. | "Everybody Loves You (When You're Dead)" | Tod Ashley | 2:34 |
| 13. | "All the Clocks Are Broken" | Tod Ashley | 5:18 |
| 14. | "[untitled]" | 2:12 |
| Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank | |
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| 1993 | Spex | Germany | "Albums of the Year" | 7 | [5] |
| 1993 | Magnet | United States | "Albums of the Year" | 26 | [6] |
| 1996 | Visions | Germany | "The Best Albums 1991-96" | * | [7] |
| 2010 | Ondarock | Italy | "Rock Milestones" | * | [8] |
| "*" denotes an unordered list. | |||||
Adapted from the Ask Questions Later liner notes. [9]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | 1993 | Big Cat | CD, LP | ABB 45 |
| United States | Interscope | CD, CS | 92250 | |
| 2014 | Cleopatra | LP | 1879 |
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