Smoke (Drivin N Cryin album)

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Smoke
Album Cover Drivin N Cryin Smoke 1993 Island Records.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 23, 1993
RecordedTriclops Sound Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
Genre Southern rock, hard rock
Length52:58
Label Island Records [1]
Producer Geoff Workman and DNC
Drivin N Cryin chronology
Fly Me Courageous
(1991)
Smoke
(1993)
Wrapped in Sky
(1995)
Professional ratings
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Smoke is the fifth album from Southern rock group Drivin N Cryin. [3] [4] [5] It was released in February 1993 on Island Records. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Back Against the Wall"4:11
2."She Doesn't Wanna Go"3:13
3."Smoke"3:20
4."When You Come Back"3:00
5."Patron Lady Beautiful"7:36
6."1000 Swings"3:42
7."1988"3:11
8."Whiskey Soul Woman"4:11
9."What's The Difference"5:29
10."Eastern European Carny Man"3:19
11."All Around the World"3:01
12."Turn It Up or Turn It Off"3:55

Notes

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