Assorted Jelly Beans (album)

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Assorted Jelly Beans
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Studio album by
Assorted Jelly Beans
Released1996
Genre Ska punk
Length31:03
Label Kung Fu Records [1]
Producer Warren Fitzgerald [2]
Assorted Jelly Beans chronology
Assorted Jelly Beans
(1996)
What's Really Going On!?!
(1998)

Assorted Jelly Beans is the first album by Assorted Jelly Beans. [3] It was released in 1996 by Kung Fu Records. [4] According to KungFu Records, it has sold over 25,000 copies, and was the first release from KungFu Records. [5]

Track listing

  1. "No Time" - 2:24
  2. "Plain Life" - 2:22
  3. "Braindead" - 2:38
  4. "8th Grade Nerd" - 2:33
  5. "In Our Eyes" - 2:38
  6. "Don't Ask Me" - 2:39
  7. "Punk Rock Jock" - 2:11
  8. "Assorted Jelly Beans" - 2:11
  9. "You'll Never Know" - 2:20
  10. "Another Way" - 2:04
  11. "Mr. Bill" - 2:28
  12. "Newska One" - 2:33
  13. "Doobage" - 2:03

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