Special Herbs, Vols. 7 & 8

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Special Herbs, Vols. 7 & 8
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Studio album by
Released21 September 2004
RecordedVarious dates
Genre Hip hop, instrumental hip hop
Length44:40
Label Shaman Works
Producer Metal Fingers
Metal Fingers chronology
Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6
(2004)
Special Herbs, Vols. 7 & 8
(2004)
Special Herbs, Vols. 9 & 0
(2005)
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Special Herbs, Vols. 7 & 8 is an instrumental album released by MF Doom under the moniker Metal Fingers. As with all volumes of Special Herbs released by Metal Fingers, each track is named after a herb or similar flora. Although being an instrumental album, some tracks contain sampled speech.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Safed Musli" – 3:15
  2. "Emblica Officinalis" – 4:50
  3. "Licorice" – 3:05
  4. "Sarsaparilla" – 3:39
  5. "Fo Ti" – 2:49
  6. "Camphor" – 1:50
  7. "High John" – 4:31
  8. "Mandrake" – 2:34
  9. "Devil's Shoestring" – 4:25
  10. "Wormwood" – 3:19
  11. "Cedar" – 3:35
  12. "Buckeyes" – 3:04
  13. "Chrysanthemum Flowers" – 3:54

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