Secret Wars (album)

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Secret Wars
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Studio album by
Released26 January 2004
Recorded2003
StudioRare Book Room and The Travel Agency, Brooklyn, NY
Genre Rock
Length40:25
Label Jagjaguwar (US)
Three Gut Records (CAN)
Rough Trade (UK)
Oneida chronology
Each One Teach One
(2002)
Secret Wars
(2004)
The Wedding
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Alternative Press 4/5 [3]
Entertainment Weekly A− [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [7]
Spin A [8]
Tiny Mix Tapes 4.5/5 [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Secret Wars is a 2004 album by Oneida.

Track listing

All songs by Oneida (John William Colpitts, Francis Wells McDermott, Robertson S. Tacher) [11] .

Contents

Side A
  1. "Treasure Plane" – 3:28
  2. "Caesar's Column" – 4:39
  3. "Capt. Bo Dignifies the Allegations with a Response" – 2:03
  4. "Wild Horses" – 4:03
  5. "$50 Tea" – 4:47
Side B
  1. "The Last Act, Every Time" – 2:32
  2. "The Winter Shaker" – 4:36
  3. "Changes in the City" – 14:14

Personnel

Oneida
Additional personnel

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