Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie

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Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie
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Studio album by
Released1974
Genre Folk rock
Length42:53
Label Orange
Producer David Peel
David Peel chronology
The Pope Smokes Dope
(1972)
Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie
(1974)
An Evening With David Peel
(1976)
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Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie is the fourth studio album by David Peel and The Lower East Side, released in 1974 through Orange Records Ltd.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Peel.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Cockeroach"2:00
2."Smack Freek Blues"3:48
3."Rock 'n' Roll Rip Off"3:09
4."The Narco Is a Pusher"3:30
5."The Schools of Corruption"5:38
6."Santa Claus - Rooftop Junkie"1:40
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Who Stole John F. Kennedy's Brain?"3:37
2."I'm Going Insane"3:38
3."The Ballad of A. J. Weberman"2:20
4."Benedict McCartney/Judas Ringo/B. S. Harrison"7:07
5."Watergate (I Didn't Do It)"3:22
6."Jingle Bells War"2:40

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References

  1. Eder, Bruce. "Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie". Allmusic. Retrieved October 31, 2012.