| Battery Milk | |
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| Studio album by Mike Dillon's Go-Go Jungle | |
| Released | 2007 |
| Genre | Experimental, jazz, funk |
| Length | 54:06 |
| Label | Hyena Records |
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| All About Jazz | link |
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