Dig Out the Switch

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Dig Out the Switch
Dazzling Killmen - Dig Out the Switch.jpg
Studio album by
Released1992
Genre Noise rock
Length43:47
Label Intellectual Convulsion
Producer Jeff Tweedy
Dazzling Killmen chronology
Dig Out the Switch
(1992)
Face of Collapse
(1994)

Dig Out the Switch is the debut album of Dazzling Killmen, released in 1992 through Intellectual Convulsion. [1]

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Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dazzling Killmen.

No.TitleLength
1."Serpentarium"2:39
2."Dig the Hole"2:10
3."Captain Is Dead"2:25
4."Bottom Feeder"2:14
5."Here Comes Mr. Big Face"3:13
6."Spiral Mirror"2:02
7."Reactor"1:00
8."No"2:00
9."Premonition"2:24
10."Torture"3:09
11."Ghost Limb"4:26
12."Numb"3:49
13."Code Blue"12:20

Personnel

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References

  1. Burgess, Aaron (2007). "Dazzling Killmen". Trouser Press . Retrieved April 26, 2013.