Smiling with No Teeth

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Smiling with No Teeth
Smiling with No Teeth by Genesis Owusu.webp
Studio album by
Released5 March 2021
Genre
Length53:54
Label
  • Ourness
  • House Anxiety
Producer
Genesis Owusu chronology
Cardrive EP
(2017)
Smiling with No Teeth
(2021)
Struggler
(2023)
Singles from Smiling with No Teeth
  1. "Don't Need You"
    Released: 15 May 2020
  2. "Whip Cracker"
    Released: 6 June 2020
  3. "The Other Black Dog"
    Released: 19 November 2020
  4. "Gold Chains"
    Released: 19 February 2021
  5. "Drown"
    Released: 3 March 2021
  6. "Waitin' On Ya'"
    Released: December 2021 [1]
Smiling with No Teeth track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."On the Move!"
  • Klippel
  • Dave Hammer
1:47
2."The Other Black Dog"
  • Klippel
  • James Dring
  • Hammer
4:23
3."Centrefold"
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
3:16
4."Waitin' on Ya"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
Klippel5:44
5."Don't Need You"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
  • Haddad
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
3:05
6."Drown" (featuring Kirin J. Callinan)
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
  • Haddad
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
2:57
7."Gold Chains"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
3:38
8."Smiling with No Teeth"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
Klippel4:59
9."I Don't See Colour"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
Klippel2:56
10."Black Dogs!"
Corby2:00
11."Whip Cracker"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
Klippel4:41
12."Easy"
  • Ansah
  • Harvey Sutherland
Sutherland3:02
13."A Song About Fishing"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
3:25
14."No Looking Back"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
Klippel3:42
15."Bye Bye"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
4:09
Total length:53:44
Missing Molars (Swnt Deluxe) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Fall"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
  • Haddad
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
2:18
2."What Do I Fear?"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
  • Haddad
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
3:34
3."Same Thing"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
3:12
4."Fallen Branches"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
4:13
5."Crosses"
  • Ansah
  • Klippel
  • Callinan
  • Di Francesco
  • Sudek
  • Klippel
  • Hammer
3:11
Total length:70:12

Notes

Personnel

Musicians

Backing band

Other musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Smiling with No Teeth
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [28] 27

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Notes

  1. Tracks 1–9, 11, 13–15
  2. Tracks 1, 3, 5–7, 9, 13, 15
  3. Track 12
  4. Track 5
  5. Track 10