Fresh Air (Faust album)

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Fresh Air
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 5, 2017 (2017-05-05)
Genre Krautrock
Length58:39
Label Bureau B
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(2014)
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(2017)
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Fresh Air is the 13th studio album by Faust, released on May 5, 2017. It is a combination of live and studio recordings captured during a 28-day tour of the US in March and April 2016. [5]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Fresh Air"17:31
2."Birds of Texas"2:31
3."Partitur"0:22
4."La Poulie"6:38
5."Cholorophyl"8:04
6."Lights Flicker"5:40
7."Fish"11:25
8."American Sperm (Bonus Track: 7" single)"2:42
9."Partitur Lang (Bonus Track: 7" single)"3:46

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. [6]

Faust

Guest musicians

Production

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