If Memory Serves Us Well

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If Memory Serves Us Well
Death of Samantha - If Memory Serves Us Well.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 3, 2013 (2013-12-03)
RecordedDecember 22, 2011 (2011-12-22)
StudioVenue Studios, Euclid, OH
Genre Post-punk
Length74:55
Label St. Valentine
Producer Death of Samantha
Death of Samantha chronology
Come All Ye Faithless
(1989)
If Memory Serves Us Well
(2013)
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Review scores
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PopMatters (7/10) [2]

If Memory Serves Us Well is an album by post-punk band Death of Samantha, released on December 3, 2013 by St. Valentine Records. It comprises re-recordings of previously released Death of Samantha tracks.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by John Petkovic; all music is composed by John Petkovic, except "Couldn't Forget 'Bout That (One Item)" and "Blood Creek" by Doug Gillard

No.TitleOriginally from (date)Length
1."Coca-Cola and Licorice" Strungout on Jargon (1986)4:01
2."Bed of Fire"Strungout on Jargon (1986)2:05
3."Now It's Your Turn (To Be a Martyr)" Come All Ye Faithless (1989)3:36
4."Conviction"Strungout on Jargon (1986)3:29
5."Couldn't Forget 'Bout That (One Item)"Strungout on Jargon (1986)6:34
6."Savior City" Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)4:51
7."Good Friday" (Take Two Edit)Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)5:49
8."Rosenberg Summer"Rosenberg Summer 7" (1989)4:16
9."Sexual Dreaming"Strungout on Jargon (1986)3:09
10."Blood & Shaving Cream" Laughing in the Face of a Dead Man (1986)3:02
11."Geisha Girl"Come All Ye Faithless (1989)5:48
12."Monkey Face"Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)3:24
13."Simple as That"Strungout on Jargon (1986)3:20
14."Yellow Fever"Laughing in the Face of a Dead Man (1986)3:31
15."Turquoise Hand"Strungout on Jargon (1986)3:05
16."Harlequin Tragedy"Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)4:47
17."Amphetamine"Amphetamine/Simple as That 7" (1985)4:15
18."Blood Creek"Where the Women Wear the Glory and the Men Wear the Pants (1988)5:53

Personnel

Adapted from the If Memory Serves Us Well liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2013St. ValentineCD, LP SVR-30

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References

  1. Deming, Mark. "Death of Samantha: If Memory Serves Us Well > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  2. Houle, Zachary (July 9, 2013). "Death of Samantha: If Memory Serves Us Well". PopMatters . Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  3. If Memory Serves Us Well (booklet). Death of Samantha. Cleveland, Ohio: St. Valentine Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)