Burning Off Impurities

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Burning Off Impurities
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Studio album by
Released24 September 2007
Genre
Length50:18
Label Temporary Residence Limited
Grails chronology
Redlight
(2004)
Burning Off Impurities
(2007)
Take Refuge in Clean Living
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork 7.7/10 [2]
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Exclaim! mildly favorable [5]
Adequacy favorable [6]

Burning Off Impurities is the third studio album by American experimental rock band Grails, released on Temporary Residence Limited in 2007. [7] [8] [1]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Grails. [7] [8] [1]

No.TitleLength
1."Soft Temple"6:41
2."More Extinction"2:15
3."Silk Rd"8:15
4."Drawn Curtains"4:56
5."Outer Banks"7:48
6."Dead Vine Blues"4:41
7."Origin-ing"7:52
8."Burning Off Impurities"7:50
Total length:50:18

Personnel

Grails

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