Road Trip (Duane Eddy album)

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Road Trip
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 2011 (2011-06-28)
Length39:59
Label Mad Monkey Records
Producer Colin Elliot, Richard Hawley
Duane Eddy chronology
Duane Eddy - The Heroes Collection
(2011)
Road Trip
(2011)
The Best of Duane Eddy
(2011)

Road Trip is a 2011 album from American guitarist Duane Eddy; it was his twenty-third and final studio album, before his death in 2024. Mojo placed the album at number 37 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011." [1]

Track listing

  1. "The Attack of the Duck Billed Platypus" (John Trier) – 4:07
  2. "Twango" (Duane Eddy) – 2:51
  3. "Curveball" (Eddy) – 3:33
  4. "Road Trip" (Eddy) – 2:52
  5. "Bleaklow Air" (John Trier) – 4:14
  6. "Kindness Ain't Made of Sand" (Eddy, Richard Hawley) – 3:50
  7. "Mexborough Ferry Boat Halt" (Eddy, Shez Sheridian) – 3:44
  8. "Desert Song" (Eddy, Hawley) – 5:49
  9. "Primeval" (Eddy, Hawley) – 2:33
  10. "Rose of the Valley" (Eddy, Hawley) – 3:49
  11. "Franklin Town" (Eddy, Sheridian) – 2:37

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References

  1. "MOJO's Top 50 Albums Of 2011". Stereogum. December 2, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.