Stonehenge (Ruins album)

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Stonehenge
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Studio album by
Released1990
RecordedAfterbeat, Tokyo, Japan
Genre Experimental rock, progressive rock
Length68:32
Label Shimmy Disc
Producer Ruins
Ruins chronology
Ruins III
(1988)
Stonehenge
(1990)
Early Works: Live & Unreleased Tracks
(1991)
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Stonehenge is the second album by Ruins, released in 1990 through Shimmy Disc.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tatsuya Yoshida.

No.TitleLength
1."Big Head"4:58
2."Iron Lady"2:18
3."Cathechism"2:43
4."Kibbutz"3:26
5."Fallout"2:19
6."Plexus"1:00
7."October"3:51
8."Hexagon"2:44
9."Anaclasis"2:07
10."Holebones"2:25
11."Hail"2:40
12."Stonehenge"3:51
13."Thebes"6:09
14."Flagment"1:10
15."B.U.G."6:36
16."Ripples"2:40
17."Masacari"1:59
18."Devided"2:13
19."Octopus"3:17
20."Dadaism"4:06
21."Infect"5:51

Personnel

Ruins
Production and additional personnel

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References

  1. Vallier, John. "Stonehenge". Allmusic. Retrieved February 19, 2013.