Chopstick Bridge

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Chopstick Bridge
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 2004
Recorded Camp Street Studios in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genre Rock
Length43:59
Label SideOneDummy
Producer Paul Q. Kolderie
Avoid One Thing chronology
Avoid One Thing
(2002)
Chopstick Bridge
(2004)
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Chopstick Bridge is the second album by Avoid One Thing.

The album was released as an Enhanced CD with an 18-minute documentary film by Len Gittleman. The film includes footage of Joe Gittleman at a Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru, Gittleman and Amy Griffin jamming, John Lynch's Kiss memorabilia, Griffin riding her bicycle, and the band practicing and performing.

Track listing

  1. "Armbands And Braids" – 2:45
  2. "Chopstick Bridge" – 2:56
  3. "All That You've Heard" (Amy Griffin) – 3:43
  4. "A Lot Like This" – 2:46
  5. "Judy" (Gittleman/Griffin) – 3:30
  6. "About You" – 3:16
  7. "Next Stop Is The Last Stop" (Gittleman/Griffin) – 2:35
  8. "Gone And Forgotten" – 3:59
  9. "Streetlight" – 3:17
  10. "Fillmore East" – 2:54
  11. "The Airplane" (Griffin) – 0:30
  12. "Renegade" – 3:30
  13. "Capital Letters" (Griffin) – 3:22
  14. "Watching Us Anyway" (Gittleman/Griffin) – 4:56

Personnel

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