Caviar (album)

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Released2000
Label Bomb Trax/Island
Producer Johnny K, Andy Gerber
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Caviar is the debut album by the American band Caviar. [2] It was released in 2000 by Island Records. [3] The first single was "Tangerine Speedo", which also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Charlie's Angels . [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Caviar except where noted

  1. "Ok Nightmare" – 4:15
  2. "Goldmine" – 3:36
  3. "Tangerine Speedo" (Dominguez, Caviar) – 3:39
  4. "The Good Times Are Over" (Caviar, Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart) – 3:34
  5. "I Thought I Was Found" – 4:35
  6. "Flawed Like a Diamond" – 3:43
  7. "Going Out Tonight" – 3:59
  8. "Sugarless" (Brown, Caviar) – 3:07
  9. "Automatic Yawns" – 3:12
  10. "Looked So Hard I Nearly Wrecked My Eyes" – 3:27
  11. "I Am the Monument" – 4:59

Personnel

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