Fifty Eggs

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Fifty Eggs
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 31, 1998
Genre Folk rock
Length50:20
Label Work
Producer Ani DiFranco
Dan Bern chronology
Dan Bern
(1997)
Fifty Eggs
(1998)
Smartie Mine
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Consumer Guide Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]

Fifty Eggs is musician Dan Bern's second studio album, and follow up to his self-titled debut. It was produced by Ani DiFranco and released in 1998.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dan Bern

  1. "Tiger Woods"
  2. "One Thing Real"
  3. "No Missing Link"
  4. "Oh Sister"
  5. "Cure for AIDS"
  6. "Chick Singers"
  7. "Different Worlds"
  8. "Everybody's Baby"
  9. "One Dance"
  10. "Jesus Freak"
  11. "Monica"
  12. "Rolling Away"
  13. "Suzanne" (hidden track)

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References

  1. Hartenbach, Brett. "Fifty Eggs - Dan Bern". AllMusic . Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  2. Christgau, Robert (2000). "Dan Bern". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 25.
  3. Hermes, Will (1998-05-22). "Fifty Eggs". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2017-07-08.