On Vacation (The Robot Ate Me album)

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On Vacation
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 2005
Recorded Portland, Oregon
Genre Folk rock/Indie
Length40:00
Label Swim Slowly Records
5 Rue Christine
Producer Ryland Bouchard
The Robot Ate Me chronology
Live At CBC
(2004)
On Vacation
(2005)
Carousel Waltz
(2005)
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On Vacation was The Robot Ate Me's third album, released in 2004 by the band's frontman, Ryland Bouchard's label Swim Slowly Records, then reissued in 2005 by 5 Rue Christine. It contains the song Oh No! Oh My!, from which the band Oh No! Oh My! got their name.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "The Genocide Ball"
  2. "Jesus And Hitler"
  3. "The Republican Army"
  4. "Oh No! Oh My! (1994)"
  5. "Crispy Christian Tea Time"
  6. "You Don't Fill Me Up The Same"
  7. "I Slept Through The Holocaust"
  8. "Every Nazi Plane Has A Cross"
  9. "On Vacation"

Disc two

  1. "On Vacation"
  2. "Watermelon Sugar"
  3. "Apricot Tea"
  4. "The Red-Haired Girl"
  5. "Pre-Party 94"
  6. "Oh No! Oh My!"
  7. "The Tourist"
  8. "I'm Ok"

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