Happiness (Kid606 album)

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Happiness
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 29, 2013
Genre Electronic music
Length64:02
Label Tigerbeat6
Producer Miguel De Pedro
Kid 606 chronology
Lost In The Game
(2012)
Happiness
(2013)
Recollected Ambient Works Vol 1: Bored of Excitement
(2015)
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Happiness is the thirteenth studio album by electronic music musician Kid606, released in 2013 through Tigerbeat6. On the vinyl version of the album, "Tarsier Treehouse" is placed after "If I Am Only Allowed One Song On This Album With Cut Up Female Vocals Then This Song Is It".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kid606.

No.TitleLength
1."Cute Never Dies"4:29
2."Blood Stevia Sex Magik"5:52
3."Happiness Is A Warm Kitten"3:25
4."Taco Time"1:25
5."Cloud Sculpting"7:57
6."Smooth Sailing"7:07
7."Party Gambas"8:21
8."Coronado Bay Breezin'"7:11
9."Tarsier Treehouse"2:47
10."If I Am Only Allowed One Song On This Album With Cut Up Female Vocals Then This Song Is It"6:53
11."Man: The Failed Child (Thank You And Goodnight)"8:44

Personnel

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References

  1. Phares, Heather. "allmusic ((( Happiness > Review )))". Allmusic . Retrieved May 30, 2015.