Brainwash (EP)

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Brainwash
Spongehead - Brainwash.jpg
EP by
ReleasedApril 26, 1994 (1994-04-26)
Genre Noise rock
Length35:36
Label Triple X
Producer Doug Henderson, Dave Sardy
Spongehead chronology
Curb Your Dogma
(1993)
Brainwash
(1994)
Infinite Baffle
(1996)

Brainwash is an EP record by Spongehead, released on April 26, 1994, by Triple X Records. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" Sly Stone 3:49
2."VR" Doug Henderson, Mark Kirby3:41
3."Plumber's Lament"Doug Henderson3:35
4."Brainwash"Doug Henderson4:19
5."Jelly"David Henderson, Doug Henderson3:38
6."Bosnia"Doug Henderson4:53
99."plumber's [censored for radio]" 3:38

Personnel

Adapted from the Brainwash liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1994 Triple X CD 51181

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References

  1. Robbins, Ira (2007). "Spongehead". Trouser Press . Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  2. "Spongehead: Brainwash > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  3. Brainwash (booklet). Spongehead. Los Angeles, California: Triple X Records. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)