| Junkyard Speed Ball | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | March 1, 2011 |
| Genre | Blues rock |
| Label | Alive [1] |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Junkyard Speed Ball is the fourth full-length album by the Indiana rock band Left Lane Cruiser, released in 2011. [3] [4]
AllMusic called the album "another fine outing from a refreshingly direct and uncomplicated band that rocks like a jackhammer." [2] No Depression called the album "searing," writing that Left Lane Cruiser is "in its prime." [4] Nuvo wrote that the album "runs the gamut between country-blues laments ('Hip-Hop'), hard rocking house party staples ('Weed Vodka') and psychedelic mind blowers ('Pig Farm')." [5]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lost My Mind" | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Giving Tree" | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Circus" | 2:46 |
| 4. | "Shine" | 4:03 |
| 5. | "Hip-Hop" | 5:35 |
| 6. | "24 Hr" | 2:52 |
| 7. | "Weed Vodka" | 3:26 |
| 8. | "Cracker Barrel" | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Pig Farm" | 4:51 |
| 10. | "Represent" | 3:44 |
| 11. | "Road Again" | 3:01 |
| 12. | "At the Denny's" | 3:55 |
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