Cheap As Art

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Cheap As Art
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Studio album by
Released21 June 2005
RecordedJune 2005
Genre Alternative rock
Indie rock
Pop rock
Label Sony BMG Greece/Columbia
Producer Aris Christou Last album = 4
(2003)
Matisse chronology
Cheap As Art
(2005)
Toys Up
(2007)
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Cheap As Art is the debut album by the Greek alternative rock band Matisse. They depict their debut as "an invocation to lunacy, as art always bowed down to madness".[ citation needed ]

Track listing

  1. "Let Me Go Home"
  2. "Rock N' Roll For Boys"
  3. "The Gospel"
  4. "She Smiles"
  5. "Fragments Of Life"
  6. "The Only One I Love Is My Hate"
  7. "Cosmic Dancer" (T.Rex Cover)
  8. "Bedroom Eyes"
  9. "Jealous"
  10. "Innocent Lie"
  11. "Song About A Song"
  12. "Cheap As Art"
  13. "She Smiles (Cyanna Remix)"
  14. "Let Me Go Home (Marsheaux Remix)"
  15. "Pluto"

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References

  1. Pop & Rock Magazine review Archived November 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Greek)