If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...

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If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...
Red Temple Spirits - If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa.jpg
Studio album by
Released1989
RecordedMotiv Studios
(Los Angeles, CA)
Genre Post-punk, gothic rock, psychedelic rock
Length51:50
Label Nate Starkman & Son/Fundamental
Producer Red Temple Spirits
Red Temple Spirits chronology
Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon
(1988)
If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...
(1989)

If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More... is the second studio album by American post-punk band Red Temple Spirits. It was released in 1989 on the Nate Starkman & Son label, a subsidiary of Fundamental. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Red Temple Spirits, except as noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."City of Millions" 3:58
2."Soft Machine" 4:02
3."Dive in Deep" 4:04
4."Alice" 4:23
5."Wild Hills" 7:03
6."A Black Rain" 6:06
7."Meltdown" 3:24
8."Confusion" 2:26
9."Rainbows End" 5:05
10."Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (Pink Floyd cover) Roger Waters 7:10
11."Rollercoaster" (13th Floor Elevators cover) Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall 4:05

Track 11 only appeared on the CD issue.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Personnel

Adapted from the If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More... liner notes. [3]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1989Fundamental CD, CS, LP SAVE 75
Germany2014MannequinLPMNQ 048

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References

  1. Fasolino, Greg (2007). "Red Temple Spirits". Trouser Press . Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  2. "Red Temple Spirits: If Tomorrow I Were Leavin' for Lhasa, I wouldn't Stay a Minute More > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  3. If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More... (booklet). Red Temple Spirits. Lake Zurich, Illinois: Fundamental Records. 1989.CS1 maint: others (link)