Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong

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Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong
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Released1996 (1996)
RecordedFall 1996 (1996)
StudioLotek Studio
(Los Angeles, CA)
Genre Experimental rock
Length61:41
Label AVT
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Villagers
(1992)
Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong
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Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong is the fourteenth studio album by experimental rock composer Zoogz Rift, released in 1996 by AVT Records. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Zoogz Rift

No.TitleLength
1."Contradictions"10:34
2."I Work on the Retard Farm"4:32
3."Ill-Conceived"5:34
4."Triumph of the Won't"4:52
5."Comprachico Boogie"4:45
6."Psychoaquatic Demons"8:43
7."Dissemblers"12:23
8."Oasis"3:00
9."Fin"7:18

Personnel

Adapted from the Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong liner notes. [3]

Musicians

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1996AVTCD002

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References

  1. Schulte, Tom. "Zoogz Rift: Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  2. Gehr, Richard; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Zoogz Rift". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  3. Five Billion Pinheads Can't Be Wrong (booklet). Zoogz Rift. AVT Records. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)