Go to the Sugar Altar

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Go to the Sugar Altar
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 4, 1996
Length30:56
Label Nice Records
Producer Kelley Deal
The Kelley Deal 6000 chronology
Go to the Sugar Altar
(1996)
Boom! Boom! Boom!
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Entertainment Weekly B+ [2]

Go to the Sugar Altar is the first album by The Kelley Deal 6000, released in 1996. [3] [4] It was released on Kelley Deal's own record label, Nice Records. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that the "album of pithy art-punk tunes soon dissipates into a series of cryptic musical sketches, but such opening songs as 'Canyon' and 'How About Hero' out-Pixie the Amps (Kim's latest band)." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Canyon" (Kelley Deal) – 3:10
  2. "How About Hero" (Kelley Deal, Jesse Colin Roff) – 2:43
  3. "Dammit" (Kelley Deal, Jesse Colin Roff) – 2:40
  4. "Sugar" (Kelley Deal, Dave Shouse) – 4:17
  5. "A Hundred Tires" (Kelley Deal) – 1:48
  6. "Head of the Cult" (Kelley Deal) – 1:51
  7. "Nice" (Kelley Deal, Jesse Colin Roff) – 3:31
  8. "Trixie Delicious" (Kelley Deal, Jimmy Flemion, Dave Shouse, Jesse Colin Roff) – 3:12
  9. "Marooned" (Kelley Deal) – 2:08
  10. "Tick Tock" (Kelley Deal, Jimmy Flemion) – 2:00
  11. "Mr. Goodnight" (Kelley Deal, Jesse Colin Roff) – 3:36

Members

Guest musicians

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References

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