Brooklyn Wednesday

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Brooklyn Wednesday
Jandek - Brooklyn Wednesday.jpg
Live album by
Released2007
Length160:52
Label Corwood Industries
Producer Jandek
Jandek chronology
Manhattan Tuesday
(2007)
Brooklyn Wednesday
(2007)
The Myth of Blue Icicles
(2008)

Brooklyn Wednesday is a live album by Jandek released in 2007, and is Jandek's 51st album. For this performance he was accompanied by Matt Heyner (bass) and Chris Corsano (percussion). The discs are contained in two single-size double-disc jewel cases in a cardboard sleeve. The same photo is on all three covers.

Contents

Track listing

Set One

Disc One

No.TitleLength
1."Put Me There"11:21
2."Destroy the Day"10:43
3."Obscure Physics"8:26
4."Structure of Words"9:02
Total length:39:32

Disc Two

No.TitleLength
1."All I Want"5:11
2."Lonely World"8:32
3."Change My Brain"9:51
4."I'll Send a Thought Out Floating"5:09
5."I Love You"10:51
Total length:39:34

Set Two

Disc One

No.TitleLength
1."How 'R You"13:31
2."City Pounding Down"12:12
3."Different Blues"9:21
4."My Necessity"8:21
Total length:43:25

Disc Two

No.TitleLength
1."Sea of People"7:59
2."Sorry, Sorry"9:13
3."Tequila Girl"10:54
4."Just Enough"10:15
Total length:38:21


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