Full Circle (Dixie Dregs album)

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Full Circle
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Released1994
Length39:43
Label Capricorn
Producer Steve Morse
Dixie Dregs chronology
Off the Record
(1988)
Full Circle
(1994)
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Full Circle is the seventh studio album by the Dixie Dregs, released in 1994. This was their first studio album in over a decade, since 1982's Industry Standard , and the first album released under The Dixie Dregs since 1980's Dregs of the Earth , whereas Unsung Heroes and Industry Standard were released under the moniker The Dregs. It includes an instrumental cover of The Yardbirds song, "Shapes of Things". Although the Dixie Dregs have continued to be active in the years after its release, Full Circle is the last studio album by the band as of 2022.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Morse except where noted:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Aftershock" 3:45
2."Perpetual Reality" 5:33
3."Calcutta" 5:28
4."Goin' to Town" 3:39
5."Pompous Circumstances" 3:22
6."Shapes of Things" Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith 3:47
7."Sleeveless in Seattle" 4:06
8."Good Intentions" 4:00
9."Yeolde" 2:18
10."Ionized" 4:00
Total length:39:43

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. Griggs, Tim. "Full Circle - Dixie Dregs". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-03-06.