| Political Manifest | ||||
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| Released | June 28, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | February 2004, Joshua Tree, CA | |||
| Genre | Alternative country | |||
| Label | Glitterhouse | |||
| Producer | Mark Olson | |||
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Political Manifest is the seventh album by the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers,released in 2004. The album reflects singer/songwriter Mark Olson's disgust at the state of the US. [1] It was released on Mercy Recordings in the US.
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| Uncut |   [1] |
The Uncut magazine gave the album a score of 3 and wrote "[Olson's] disgust at the state of the nation as befits all things Creekdipper is elegantly realised,simmering over a bedrock of soft piano,woody guitars,and some slow,funky blues" [1]
All songs Mark Olson except where noted.
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