Jellyfish Comes Alive

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Jellyfish Comes Alive
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Released1991
RecordedThe Roxy and Bogart's (Los Angeles, CA) and The Hard Rock Cafe (San Francisco, CA)
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Length18:29
Label Charisma
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Jellyfish chronology
Bellybutton
(1990)
Jellyfish Comes Alive
(1991)
Spilt Milk
(1993)
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Jellyfish Comes Alive was a promotional EP released in 1991 by Jellyfish. It collected live performances of songs from Bellybutton and covers of songs by Badfinger and Wings. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "No Matter What" – 2:54
  2. "The King Is Half-Undressed" – 3:55
  3. "Now She Knows She's Wrong" – 2:51
  4. "Let 'Em In/That Is Why" – 4:51
  5. "Jet" – 3:58

Personnel

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References

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