Napoleon & Josephine (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2)

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Napoleon & Josephine
(Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2)
Sun City Girls - Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedApril 14, 2009 (2009-04-14)
RecordedJuly 1985 (1985-07) – December 1997 (1997-12)
Genre Experimental rock, avant-folk
Length62:05
Label Abduction
Sun City Girls chronology
Singles Volume 1
(2008)
Napoleon & Josephine
(Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2)

(2009)
Funeral Mariachi
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (unrated) [1]

Napoleon & Josephine (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2) is a compilation album by American experimental rock band Sun City Girls, released on April 14, 2009 by Abduction Records. It comprises tracks previously released as singles and on various artists compilation albums.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sun City Girls

No.TitleLength
1."The Rhinemaiden's Palatial Mountain Retreat"1:39
2."Prick of the World"1:44
3."Sleazy Nashville"3:47
4."Eyeball in a Quart Jar of Snot"4:03
5."The Weatherman"3:07
6."Voice of America No. 3"0:32
7."Insignificanto"2:30
8."A Wake"1:04
9."Kaspar Hauser"2:55
10."The Bearded Hermes"4:32
11."Encyclopedia Vomitanica"1:13
12."Napoleon & Josephine"12:50
13."Reflection of a Young Boy Eating From a Can of Dog Food on a Shiny Red X-Mas Ball"22:09

Personnel

Adapted from the Napoleon & Josephine (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2) liner notes. [2]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2009AbductionCDABDT043

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References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "Sun City Girls: Napoleon and Josephine: Singles, Vol. 2 > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. Napoleon & Josephine (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2) (booklet). Sun City Girls. Seattle, Washington: Abduction Records. 2009.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)