Rock 'n' Roll Singer

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Rock 'n' Roll Singer
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ReleasedJune 13, 2000
Recorded San Francisco, California
Genre Folk rock
Length28:56
Language English
Label Badman Recording Co.
Producer Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek chronology
Rock 'n' Roll Singer
(2000)
What's Next to the Moon
(2001)
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Rock 'n' Roll Singer is the debut solo EP from Mark Kozelek. The EP was released on June 13, 2000, and was released while Kozelek's final album with his previous band Red House Painters (the 1998 album Old Ramon , which didn't get a release until 2001) was in limbo with record label mergers. Rock 'n' Roll Singer contains three original tracks and four covers: "Rock 'n' Roll Singer," "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me," and "Bad Boy Boogie" originally by AC/DC, and "Around and Around" originally by John Denver.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Find Me, Rubén Olivares" – 4:00
  2. "Rock 'n' Roll Singer" – 4:26
  3. "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me" – 3:16
  4. "Metropol 47" – 3:15
  5. "Around and Around" – 2:25
  6. "Bad Boy Boogie" – 5:16
  7. "Ruth Marie" – 6:21

Notes

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