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| Getting Even | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Cruz, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock [1] | |||
| Length | 31:02 | |||
| Label | Cruz | |||
| Producer | Greg Ginn | |||
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Getting Even is the first solo album by the American musician Greg Ginn, released in 1993 on Cruz Records. [2] [3] Ginn also produced the album. [1] Most of the songs barely last two minutes.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Punknews.org | [5] |
Guitar Player wrote that "Ginn remains a distinctive stylist; his angular, willfully sloppy lines owe more than a little to 'out' jazz." [6]
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