Neil Michael Hagerty (album)

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Neil Michael Hagerty
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 20, 2001
RecordedJune 2000 – October 2000
Genre Rock
Length42:54
Label Drag City
Domino
Neil Michael Hagerty chronology
Neil Michael Hagerty
(2001)
Plays That Good Old Rock and Roll
(2002)
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Neil Michael Hagerty is the debut solo album by Neil Michael Hagerty, formerly of Royal Trux. It was released as an LP and CD by Drag City in 2001.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Hagerty

Side one

  1. "Know That" – 2:40
  2. "Fortune and Fear" – 5:18
  3. "Repeat the Sound of Joy" – 1:15
  4. "Kali, the Carpenter" – 5:25
  5. "Whiplash in Park" – 4:32
  6. "Creature Catcher" – 2:28

Side two

  1. "I Found a Stranger" – 6:31
  2. "Oh to Be Wicked Once Again" – 5:11
  3. "Tender Metal" – 3:29
  4. "The Menace" – 1:34
  5. "Chicken, You Can Roost on the Moon" – 4:31

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References

  1. Phares, Heather. Neil Michael Hagerty at AllMusic
  2. Magnet, April–May 2001, p. 76
  3. NME, 7 April 2001, p. 43
  4. Pitchfork Media review
  5. PopMatters review