Chicken (EP)

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Chicken
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EP by
Released1996
Recorded1995
Genre Hard rock, post-grunge
Length18:41
Label Island
Producer Ednaswap
Ednaswap chronology
Ednaswap
(1995)
Chicken
(1996)
Wacko Magneto
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic (3/5) [1]

Chicken is L.A. rock band Ednaswap's first and only EP. It was recorded after the band left Eastwest Records and was signed to Island Records, and came out a year before their full-length Island debut, Wacko Magneto .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Glow" (Anderson, Carla Azar, Paul Bushnell, Scott Cutler, Anne Preven) – 4:02
  2. "Nothing is Broken" (Anderson, Azar, Bushnell, Cutler, Preven) – 3:02
  3. "Torn" (Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Phil Thornalley) – 4:01
  4. "Therapy" (Anderson, Azar, Bushnell, Cutler, Preven) – 4:05
  5. "Way Down" (Anderson, Azar, Bushnell, Cutler, Preven) – 3:31

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review