One Foot in the North

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One Foot in the North
Jandek - One Foot in the North.jpg
Studio album by
Released1991
Genre Blues, lounge, outsider
Length43:40
Label Corwood Industries
Producer Corwood Industries
Jandek chronology
Somebody in the Snow
(1990)
One Foot in the North
(1991)
Lost Cause
(1992)

One Foot in the North is the twentieth album by Jandek, released in 1991. It is Corwood Industries release #0758, and features voice and electric guitar for about half the album before drums and a second, more "polished" lead guitar joined along.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Yellow Pages"7:02
2."Angel"3:28
3."Show the Man Your Picture"2:01
4."Think About Your Lady"2:50
5."Real Fine Movement"2:44
6."Alehouse Blues"3:15
7."Upon the Grandeur"8:31
8."Phoenix"4:55
9."Dreaming Man"3:42
10."Breast in a Moonbeam"2:42
11."Honey"1:31
Total length:43:40

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