Junk Science (album)

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Junk Science
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1, 1998
Genre Electronic, progressive house
Length78:02
Label Deconstruction
Deep Dish chronology
Junk Science
(1998)
George Is On
(2005)

Junk Science is the first studio album by electronic music duo Deep Dish. [1] [2] The album reached number 37 in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Independent wrote that Deep Dish "use live sax, keyboards and guitars, and pay painstaking attention to atmospherics, but the ideas always run out before the tunes do." [4]

Track listing

All tracks by Dubfire and Sharam, except where noted.

CD album

  1. "Morning Wood" – 2:19
  2. "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" featuring Tracey Thorn (Dubfire, Sharam, Ben Watt) – 9:28 [5]
  3. "Summer's Over" – 7:16
  4. "Mohammad Is Jesus..." (Dubfire, Morel, Sharam) – 4:47
  5. "Stranded" – 7:10
  6. "Junk Science" – 3:51
  7. "Sushi" – 7:52
  8. "My Only Sin" (Dubfire, Morel, Sharam) – 4:05
  9. "Monsoon" – 6:52
  10. "Persepolis" – 2:55
  11. "Chocolate City (Love Songs)" – 10:28
  12. "Mohammad Is Jesus..." (In Dub) – 5:16
  13. "Wear the Hat" – 5:29

Vinyl album

  1. "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" featuring Tracey Thorn (Dubfire, Sharam, Watt) – 13:20
  2. "Summer's Over" – 8:41
  3. "Wear the Hat" – 5:29
  4. "Stranded" – 7:53
  5. "Junk Science" – 5:58
  6. "Sushi" – 7:50
  7. "My Only Sin" (Dubfire, Morel, Sharam) – 4:04
  8. "Morning Wood" – 2:19
  9. "Chocolate City (Love Songs)" – 10:28
  10. "Mohammad Is Jesus" (In Dub) – 5:14
  11. "Mohammad Is Jesus" (Dubfire, Morel, Sharam) – 4:46
  12. "Monsoon" – 6:52
  13. "Persepolis" – 2:55

Vinyl 2×12" promo

  1. "Mohammad Is Jesus" (Dubfire, Morel, Sharam) – 9:16
  2. "Sushi" – 9:47
  3. "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" (Dubfire, Sharam, Watt) – 13:20
  4. "Chocolate City (Love Songs)" – 10:28

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [6] 39
UK Albums (OCC) [7] 37

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