| Colosseum | ||||
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | Noise New York, NYC | |||
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| Length | 32:44 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
| Producer | Kramer | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Colosseum is the second studio album by Shockabilly, released in 1984 by Rough Trade Records. [2] It released on CD as The Ghost of Shockabilly in 1989.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Our Daily Lead" | Eugene Chadbourne, Kramer | 1:37 |
| 2. | "BYOB Club" | Eugene Chadbourne, Kramer | 3:20 |
| 3. | "Roman Man" | Eugene Chadbourne | 1:40 |
| 4. | "Too Big for Its Cage" | Eugene Chadbourne, Kramer | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Eight Miles High" (The Byrds cover) | Gene Clark, David Crosby, Jim McGuinn | 5:58 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dang Me" (Roger Miller cover) | Roger Miller | 2:29 |
| 2. | "Secret of the Cooler" | Eugene Chadbourne | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Hattiesburg, Miss" | Eugene Chadbourne | 2:13 |
| 4. | "You Dungeon My Brain" | Kramer | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Homeward Bound" (Simon and Garfunkel cover) | Paul Simon | 1:48 |
| 6. | "National Bummer" | Eugene Chadbourne | 3:14 |
Adapted from the Colosseum liner notes. [3]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | 1984 | Rough Trade | LP | ROUGH 68 |
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