Molotov Cocktail Party

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Molotov Cocktail Party
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Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedDecember 1993 - January 1994 at Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, VA.
Genre Post-hardcore
Length19:51
Label Gnome Records
Producer Don Zientara, Frodus
Frodus chronology
Molotov Cocktail Party
(1994)
Fireflies
(1995)

Molotov Cocktail Party is the debut studio album by post-hardcore band Frodus, released in 1994 through Gnome Records, initially released exclusively on cassette format, limited to 1,000 blue copies. [1] The album was reissued on digital formats in 2006.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frodus.

Side One
No.TitleLength
1."Sasquatch"3:15
2."Bousel Room"1:52
3."Space Monkey"3:26
4."Business Creep"2:26
Side Two
No.TitleLength
5."Aliens Think You're Special"2:06
6."Pencil"3:17
7."Yoyodyne"1:16
8."Buckaroo Bonzai"2:13
2006 Reissue Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
9."Dokken"1:13
Total length:21:04

Personnel

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References

  1. Frodus. "Molotov Cocktail Party" . Retrieved April 25, 2015.