Bloody Tourist

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Bloody Tourist
Shinjuku Thief - Bloody Tourist.jpg
Studio album by Shinjuku Thief
Released 1992
Recorded July 1991 (1991-07)–December 1991 (1991-12)
Genre Ambient
Length53:55
Label Extreme
Producer Paul Schütze, Shinjuku Thief
Shinjuku Thief chronology
Bloody Tourist
(1992)
The Scribbler
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Bloody Tourist is the debut album by Shinjuku Thief, released in 1992 through Extreme Records.

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Contents

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Komachi Ruins"Mark Stafford, Charles Tétaz, François Tétaz, Darrin Verhagen 4:15
2."Feather Woman of the Jungle"François Tétaz5:15
3."Burden of Dreams"Darrin Verhagen3:27
4."The Sacrifice"Darrin Verhagen6:10
5."Preacher's Ghost"Charles Tétaz4:29
6."Hallucinations"Darrin Verhagen3:18
7."Open Wound"Darrin Verhagen9:51
8."Nkoma"François Tétaz, Darrin Verhagen4:02
9."The Year of Silence"François Tétaz3:43
10."Graven Image" (Remix)François Tétaz, Darrin Verhagen4:51
11."Ba-Benzele II"Darrin Verhagen4:32

Personnel

Shinjuku Thief
Production and additional personnel

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References

  1. Bush, John. "Bloody Tourist". Allmusic. Retrieved March 16, 2013.