Cokie the Clown

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Cokie the Clown
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EP by
ReleasedNovember 24, 2009
RecordedNovember 2008 – February 2009 at Motor Studios, San Francisco, CA
Genre Punk rock
Label Fat Wreck Chords
NOFX chronology
Coaster
(2009)
Cokie the Clown
(2009)
The Longest EP
(2010)
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Cokie the Clown is an EP by NOFX released on November 24, 2009 through Fat Wreck Chords. The EP was released as a single 5-song CD, and two separate 7" vinyl records dubbed Cokie the Clown and My Orphan Year. [5] [6] The tracks on this release were written and recorded during the Coaster sessions. [7] The song "Co-Dependence Day" was previously released on the Warped Tour 2009 Tour Compilation. The album peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Independent Albums. [8]

Contents

Track listings

Cokie the Clown CD

  1. "Cokie the Clown" – 2:26
  2. "Straight Outta Massachusetts" – 1:16
  3. "Fermented and Flailing" – 2:40
  4. "Co-Dependence Day" – 1:28
  5. "My Orphan Year" (acoustic) – 2:58

Cokie the Clown 7"

  1. "Cokie the Clown" – 2:26
  2. "Co-Dependence Day" – 1:28
  3. "Straight Outta Massachusetts" – 1:16

My Orphan Year 7"

  1. "My Orphan Year" (acoustic) – 2:58
  2. "Fermented and Flailing" – 2:40

Personnel

NOFX

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