If Memory Serves Us Well | ||||
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Released | December 3, 2013 | |||
Recorded | December 22, 2011 | |||
Studio | Venue Studios, Euclid, OH | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Length | 74:55 | |||
Label | St. Valentine | |||
Producer | Death of Samantha | |||
Death of Samantha chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
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.
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. | Title | Originally from (date) | Length |
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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 |
Adapted from the If Memory Serves Us Well liner notes. [3]
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Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United States | 2013 | St. Valentine | CD, LP | SVR-30 |
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