Sell Your Soul to the Flaming Stars

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Sell Your Soul to the Flaming Stars
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1997
Recorded15–24 July 1997 at Toe Rag Studios, London
Genre Garage punk, indie rock
Length34:11
Label Vinyl Japan
Producer Ed Deegan, The Flaming Stars
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Sell Your Soul to the Flaming Stars is the second studio album by The Flaming Stars. The album was recorded in nine days and was released in October 1997 via Vinyl Japan.

Track listing

  1. "Sweet Smell of Success" – 2:25
  2. "Blood Money" – 3:10
  3. "London After Midnight" – 3:26
  4. "The Street That Never Closes" – 2:34
  5. "I Remembered to Forget to Remember" – 3:11
  6. "New Hope for the Dead" – 2:40
  7. "Find Yourself Another Drunk" – 1:58
  8. "Don't Need the Sunshine" – 3:24
  9. "What You Want" – 2:03
  10. "Just Too Bad" – 2:25
  11. "Don't Mean a Thing If You Haven't Got the King" – 2:20
  12. "Better Than That" – 2:24
  13. "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" – 2:29

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References

  1. "Review: Sell Your Soul to the Flaming Stars - The Flaming Stars". AllMusic . Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  2. Mullen, John. "Review: The Flaming Stars - Sell Your Soul to the Flaming Stars, Vinyl Japan". Select (August, 1998). EMAP Metro: 91.