Revolver Soul

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Revolver Soul
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Studio album by
Released3 May 2010
StudioJamm Studios, Brixton
Genre
Length47:04
Label Hostage Music
Producer
  • Segs Steve
  • 'Dub' Jones
  • Larry Love
Alabama 3 chronology
Hits and Exit Wounds
(2008)
Revolver Soul
(2010)
There Will Be Peace in the Valley... When We Get the Keys to the Mansion on the Hill
(2011)
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Revolver Soul is the seventh studio album by the band Alabama 3. [1] [2] It is the first album by the band to be released through Hostage Music, [3] after parting ways with One Little Indian Records.[ citation needed ] It was recorded at Jamm Studios, in Brixton.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "(Intro) Oh Christ" – 3:37
  2. "Bad to the Bone" – 3:15
  3. "She Blessed Me" – 3:38
  4. "Jacqueline" – 3:13
  5. "Fix It" – 4:32 featuring Shane MacGowan
  6. "Bad Girl" – 4:15
  7. "If I Had a Diamond Ring" – 0:36
  8. "Hostage" – 3:48
  9. "Keep Your Powder Dry" – 4:28
  10. "Come Ye Believers" – 0:57
  11. "Vietnamistan" – 4:43
  12. "All God's Children" – 3:36
  13. "Revolver Soul" – 5:46
  14. "(Outro) Oh Christ" – 1:38

Notes

The title is a reference to the Beatles albums Revolver and Rubber Soul .[ citation needed ] "Vietnamistan" contains samples of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die-Rag" by Country Joe & the Fish.[ citation needed ]

Charts

Chart performance for Revolver Soul
Chart (2010)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [4] 52
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 66
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [6] 4

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