Far East Blues Experience

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Far East Blues Experience
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Compilation album by
Gugun Power Trio a.k.a. Gugun Blues Shelter
ReleasedJanuary 2011
Genre Blues rock
Length57:29
Label Grooveyard
Gugun Power Trio a.k.a. Gugun Blues Shelter chronology
Gugun Blues Shelter
(2010)
Far East Blues Experience
(2011)
Satu Untuk Berbagi
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Musik Review(9/15) [1]
Hooked on MusicRespectable [2]
Rock TimesMixed [3]

Far East Blues Experience is a compilation album of Gugun Power Trio a.k.a. Gugun Blues Shelter. The album was released by Grooveyard Records in early month of January 2011. The album was the first release under Grooveyard Records, and the first release too for the band under name Gugun Power Trio. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All song written and composed by Gugun Power Trio a.k.a. Gugun Blues Shelter.

No.TitleLength
1."Woman"4:10
2."Turn It On"4:39
3."Fallin' Down"3:35
4."Who Is To Blame"3:29
5."Spinnin' Around Me"4:00
6."Holding On"4:35
7."Move On"4:10
8."Talk Too Much"4:28
9."Plastic People"5:04
10."Night Flying"4:22
11."Emptiness"3:28
12."Good Things, Bad Things"5:26
13."White Dog Jam"3:27
14."Whiskey Women (Acoustic)"2:05

Personnel

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