Dixie (album)

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Dixie
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1994
RecordedJune 1994 at Uncle Punchy Studios, Silver Spring, Maryland
Genre Punk rock, hardcore punk, melodic hardcore
Label Lookout! Records
Avail chronology
Satiate
(1992)
Dixie
(1994)
4am Friday
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) [2]

Dixie is the second studio album by the punk rock band Avail. It was released in 1994 on Lookout! Records. [3] [4] The album was re-released in 2006 on Jade Tree Records. [5] Also included on the re-released disc was the Attempt to Regress 7" and Live at the Kings Head Inn .

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Avail

  1. "On the Nod" - 2:06
  2. "Clone" - 2:40
  3. "Tuning" - 2:42
  4. "Song" - 2:07
  5. "Sidewalk" - 1:55
  6. "25 Years" - 3:47
  7. "Virus" - 2:58
  8. "Beliefs Pile" - 3:05
  9. "Treading on Heels" - 3:00
  10. "Model" - 3:35
  11. "South Bound 95" - 1:42 [6]
  12. "Pink Houses" (John Mellencamp cover) - 3:18

2006 Re-Release Bonus Tracks

  1. "Connection"
  2. "Mr. Morgan"
  3. "Sidewalk"
  4. "Stride"
  5. "Song"
  6. "Observations"
  7. "Predictible"
  8. "Forgotten"
  9. "Pinned Up"
  10. "Kiss Off"
  11. "Connection"

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