Home Is a Strange Place

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Home Is a Strange Place
Paw-HomeIsAStrangePlace.jpg
EP by
Paw
ReleasedAugust 22, 2000
Genre Grunge, hard rock
Length28:30
Label E1 Entertainment
Producer Grant Fitch
Paw chronology
Death to Traitors
(1995)
Home Is a Strange Place
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Home Is a Strange Place is an EP by the American grunge band Paw. It was released on August 22, 2000, through Koch International. The album is currently out of print. Paw disbanded shortly after the album's release. No singles were released from the album.

Contents

Musically, the album incorporated a more pronounced "stripped-down" blues element than the band's previous works.

Track listing

  1. "Ruby Red" – 1:27
  2. "One Handed in the Red Room" – 4:02
  3. "Blow Wind" – 4:08
  4. "Into the Woods" (G. Fitch) – 4:30
  5. "Naiad" (G. Fitch) – 5:35
  6. "Home Is a Strange Place" – 5:49
  7. "Oily Rags" (G. Fitch) – 2:56

All songs were written by Mark Hennessy and Grant Fitch, except where noted.

Personnel

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References

  1. "Home Is a Strange Place - Paw | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.