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| Released | 5 September 2008 | |||
| Studio | Tonteknik Recording AB, Umeå, Sweden | |||
| Length | 41:51 | |||
| Label | Island, Universal | |||
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Minus is the second studio album by Australian music collective Dukes of Windsor, released on 5 September 2008.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "No Disguise" | 3:33 |
| 2. | "Evil Woman" | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Runaway" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "It's a War" | 3:30 |
| 5. | "Land of Strangers" | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Crystal's Getting High" | 3:24 |
| 7. | "Get It" | 3:33 |
| 8. | "In the Wild" | 2:35 |
| 9. | "Snowlights" | 3:34 |
| 10. | "Refuse" | 4:06 |
| 11. | "Off the Radar" | 3:31 |
| 12. | "We Defect" | 3:16 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "It's a War" (Grafton Primary Remix) | 4:02 |
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] | 67 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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| Australia | 5 September 2008 | Island, Universal | CD, Digital download | 1768796 |
| 12" vinyl | 1783350 |
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