Autopilot (album)

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Autopilot
The Samples-Autopilot.jpg
Studio album by
Released1994
Genre Alternative rock
Label What Are Records? [1]
Producer Walt Beery
The Samples chronology
The Last Drag
(1993)
Autopilot
(1994)
Outpost
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Autopilot is the fourth studio album by Boulder, Colorado band The Samples, released in 1994. [5]

Contents

Production

The album was recorded in Boulder, and mixed, in part, at Pinnacle Studios, in Orem, Utah. [6]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "even four albums on, there’s still that Sting/Police thing: 'Dinosaur Bones' could have appeared on Synchronicity, while 'As Tears Fall' sounds like a slowed-down version of 'If You Love Somebody Set Them Free.'" [7]

Track listing

All songs written by Sean Kelly, except where noted.

  1. "As Tears Fall"
  2. "Madmen"
  3. "Weight Of The World"
  4. "Water Rush" (Jeep MacNichol)
  5. "Only To You" (Andy Sheldon)
  6. "Seasons In The City" (Kelly, Al Laughlin)
  7. "The Hunt" (Andy Sheldon)
  8. "Finest Role"
  9. "Who Am I?"
  10. "Dinosaur Bones"
  11. "Buffalo Herds & Windmills"

Personnel

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