Licker's Last Leg

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Licker's Last Leg
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 8, 2007
Genre Rock [1]
Label Ipecac Recordings
Goon Moon chronology
I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine
(2005)
Licker's Last Leg
(2007)
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Licker's Last Leg is the first full-length studio album by Goon Moon, and the follow-up to 2005's I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine . The record was released via Ipecac Recordings on May 8, 2007. [5] [6] The album features cameos by longtime Goss collaborator Josh Homme and drummer Josh Freese. [7]

Contents

Track listing

Licker's Last Leg [8] [9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Apple Pie"Edmund Monsef4:34
2."My Machine"
Edmund Monsef3:37
3."An Autumn That Came Too Soon"
  • White
  • Goss
Edmund Monsef4:06
4."Feel Like This"
  • White
  • Goss
Edmund Monsef3:31
5."Pin Eyed Boy"
Edmund Monsef3:39
6."Hardcore Q3"
  • White
  • Goss
Edmund Monsef4:41
7."Tip Toe"
  • White
  • Goss
Edmund Monsef3:34
8."Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You"Edmund Monsef4:29
9."Lay Down"
  • White
  • Goss
Edmund Monsef4:30
10."Balloon?"
Edmund Monsef3:33
11."The Golden Ball"
  • White
  • Goss
Edmund Monsef9:46
12."Built In A Bottle"
  • White
  • Goss
Edmund Monsef4:11
Total length:54:09

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