| My Fruit Psychobells...A Seed Combustible | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde metal Progressive metal | |||
| Length | 58:31 | |||
| Label | Dark Symphonies | |||
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My Fruit Psychobells...A Seed Combustible is maudlin of the Well's first album, released in 1999.
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All music by Toby Driver. All lyrics as noted.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ferocious Weights" | Fountoulakis, Driver | 7:35 |
| 2. | "A Conception Pathetic" | Byron | 7:03 |
| 3. | "Undine and Underwater Flowers" | Byron | 8:47 |
| 4. | "The Ocean, the Kingdom, and the Temptation" | Byron | 11:22 |
| 5. | "Pondering a Wall" | Driver | 6:21 |
| 6. | "Catharsis of Sea-Sleep and Dreaming Shrines" | Byron | 9:33 |
| 7. | "Blight of River-Systems" | Driver | 5:50 |
| 8. | Untitled | 2:00 | |
| Total length: | 58:31 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "Beauty" | 8:38 |
| 10. | "The Crystal Margin" | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 70:32 | |
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