Spirit Phone

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All tracks are written by Neil Cicierega.

Spirit Phone
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 29, 2016
Recorded2009–2016
Genre
Length59:24
Label
Lemon Demon chronology
Nature Tapes
(2014)
Spirit Phone
(2016)
No.TitleLength
1."Lifetime Achievement Award"6:07
2."Touch-Tone Telephone"4:43
3."Cabinet Man"4:23
4."No Eyed Girl"4:20
5."When He Died"4:34
6."Sweet Bod"4:11
7."Eighth Wonder"4:42
8."Ancient Aliens"4:16
9."Soft Fuzzy Man"2:54
10."As Your Father I Expressly Forbid It"2:53
11."I Earn My Life"3:11
12."Reaganomics"3:32
13."Man-Made Object"3:38
14."Spiral of Ants"6:01
Total length:59:24

Bonus tracks

The album also contains 13 bonus tracks; consisting of demos, cut songs, and additional music. The following is the track listing of the deluxe bonus CD. [13] On digital services these tracks are arranged in alphabetical order and all subtitled "(Bonus Track)"; and "Sweet Bod (Demo)" is simply named "Sweet Bod".

No.TitleLength
1."Crisis Actors"4:48
2."Redesign Your Logo"4:21
3."Pizza Heroes"1:31
4."You're at the Party"5:21
5."Angry People"4:54
6."Geocities"3:25
7."Angelfire"3:41
8."Gravitron"0:53
9."Moon's Request"2:21
10."Sweet Bod (Demo)"4:14
11."Cat Hacks"3:07
12."Cabinet Man (Demo)"2:41
13."Kubrick and the Beast"2:44
Total length:1:43:25

The vinyl and cassette releases contain the bonus tracks "Crisis Actors", "Redesign Your Logo", "Pizza Heroes", "You're at the Party" and "Angry People". [14] The bonus track "Kubrick and the Beast" was added to the vinyl and cassette releases starting with 2022 pressings. All physical releases also include a download card for the full album, along with album commentary by Cicierega, except for the CD release which already has the full album and commentary. [15]

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