One Track Mind (Railroad Jerk album)

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One Track Mind
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Studio album by
Released1995
Recorded1994
Studio Tin Pan Alley Studios
Genre Indie rock
Length53:08
Label Matador Records
Producer Railroad Jerk, Settly
Railroad Jerk chronology
Raise the Plow
(1992)
One Track Mind
(1995)
The Third Rail
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Spin (favorable) [6]

One Track Mind is an album by American indie rock band Railroad Jerk. It was released in 1995 on Matador Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Gun Problem – 3:56
  2. Bang The Drum – 2:46
  3. Rollerkoaster – 5:09
  4. Riverboat (Vocals – Tony Lee) – 3:50
  5. What Did You Expect? – 4:49
  6. Home = Hang – 3:50
  7. Forty Minutes – 4:28
  8. The Ballad Of Railroad Jerk – 5:29
  9. Big White Lady (Vocals – Alec Stephen) – 2:39
  10. Help Yourself – 4:25
  11. You Better Go Now – 4:03
  12. Some Girl Waved – 3:30
  13. Zero Blues – 4:14

Personnel

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