El Monstruo

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El Monstruo
El Monstruo Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 2008 (2008-10-27)
RecordedMarchAugust 2008
Genre Alternative, Pop rock
Length38:29
Label Beef Records
Producer Robbie Kirkham
The Vincent Black Shadow chronology
Fears in the Water
(2006)
El Monstruo
(2008)
Head In a Box
(2008)
Singles from El Monstruo
  1. "Don't Make Me So Mad"
    Released: October 15, 2008

El Monstruo is the second full-length album by The Vincent Black Shadow, released on October 27, 2008, by Beef Records. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Vincent Black Shadow

Standard Edition [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Stupid Intruders"3:13
2."In a Row"3:14
3."Don't Make Me So Mad"3:56
4."They Still Want You"3:39
5."Pale Man"3:36
6."The Last Few Minutes"4:16
7."The Taste of Copper"2:55
8."Dig Dig Dig"3:39
9."Stereogram"3:18
10."Never Met Another Woman Like Me"2:13
11."El Monstruo"3:53
12."Mooncake"4:32
Total length:38:29

Personnel

The Vincent Black Shadow

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