Greedy (album)

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Greedy
Headless Chickens Greedy cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1997 (1997)
RecordedAugust 1995, August 1996
StudioGround Zero, Airforce Studios
Genre Rock
Length56:44
Label Flying Nun Records
Producer Malcolm Wellsford
Headless Chickens chronology
Body Blow
(1991)
Greedy
(1997)
ChickensHits
(2002)

Greedy is the final album released in 1997 by New Zealand band Headless Chickens.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Dark Angel" (Chris Matthews, Grant Fell, Bevan Sweeney, Angus McNaughton) – 4:03
  2. "Stalk of a Cherry" (Matthews, Fell) – 3:17
  3. "Secondtime Virgin" (Matthews, Bevan Larsen, Sweeney) – 4:54
  4. "Cipher" (Matthews, Larsen) – 3:05
  5. "Magnet" (Matthews, Larsen) – 4:32
  6. "Fire" (Matthews, Michael Lawry) – 4:35
  7. "Electricity" (Matthews, Larsen) – 4:35
  8. "Chicken Little" (Matthews, Larsen) – 5:51
  9. "Smoking Big Ted" (Matthews, Fell, Lawry) – 2:39
  10. "Black Water Rising" (Matthews, Fell, McNaughton) – 4:30
  11. "Escalator" (Matthews, Fell, Sweeney, McNaughton, Fiona McDonald) – 4:53
  12. "Day of the Locust" – 5:39
  13. "George" – 4:11

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Greedy
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] 167

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References

  1. "Headless Chicken's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page 1". ARIA. Retrieved 3 December 2023 via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.