Boxing the Clown

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Boxing the Clown
Helios Creed - Boxing the Clown.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1990
RecordedRazor's Edge Recording, San Francisco, California
Genre Space rock
Length30:29
Label Amphetamine Reptile
Producer Jonathan Burnside, Helios Creed, Rey Washam
Helios Creed chronology
The Last Laugh
(1989)
Boxing the Clown
(1990)
Lactating Purple
(1991)
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Boxing the Clown is the fourth album by Helios Creed, released in 1990 through Amphetamine Reptile Records. [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Helios Creed, Mark Duran and Rey Washam, except "Got Me Floatin'" by Jimi Hendrix.

No.TitleLength
1."Master Blaster"1:59
2."Sunspots"2:39
3."Black Hole"2:46
4."Got Me Floatin'"2:36
5."Go Blind"2:18
6."Hyperventilation"2:21
7."Sister Sarah"6:01
8."Neptune"3:45
9."Big Clown"5:58

Personnel

Musicians
Production and additional personnel

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