Sam Prekop (album)

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Sam Prekop
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Studio album by
Released Flag of the United States.svg February 9, 1999
Genre Post-rock
Label Thrill Jockey
Producer Jim O'Rourke
Sam Prekop chronology
Sam Prekop
(1999)
Who's Your New Professor
(2005)
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Sam Prekop is the debut album by Sam Prekop.

Track listing

  1. "Showrooms" – 4:22
  2. "The Company" – 4:17
  3. "Practice Twice" – 4:06
  4. "A Cloud to the Back" – 3:56
  5. "Don't Bother" – 5:21
  6. "Faces and People" – 7:00
  7. "On Such Favors" – 3:40
  8. "The Shadow" – 4:48
  9. "Smaller Rivers" – 2:41
  10. "So Shy" – 5:19

Credits

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