Super Sunset

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Super Sunset
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EP by
ReleasedOctober 29, 2018 (2018-10-29)
Genre
Length21:40
Label Twin Music
Allie X chronology
CollXtion II
(2017)
Super Sunset
(2018)
Cape God
(2020)
Alternative cover
AllieXSuperSunsetAnalog.png
Analog version cover
Super Sunset [11]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Super Sunset Intro" Alexandra Hughes  0:36
2."Not So Bad in LA"
2:50
3."Little Things"
3:08
4."Science"
3:55
5."Girl of the Year"
  • Hughes
  • Jonathan Sloan
  • Ricky Ducati
  • Wilcox
  • Donnie Sloan
  • Palmer [a]
  • xSDTRK [a]
3:44
6."Super Sunset Interlude"Hughes 0:37
7."Can't Stop Now"
  • Hughes
  • Bezerra
  • Joe Walter
  • Kalli Reinhardt
  • Luc
  • Ayal
3:03
8."Focus"
  • Chiild
  • Palmer [a]
3:47
Total length:21:40
Super Sunset (Analog) [12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Not So Bad in LA" (analog version)
  • Hughes
  • Bezerra
  • Luc
  • Ayal
2:56
2."Little Things" (analog version)
  • Hughes
  • Captain Cuts
  • Wilcox
3:12
3."Science" (analog version)
  • Hughes
  • McLaughlin
  • Bezerra
  • Palmer
  • Shearer
4:07
4."Girl of the Year" (analog version)
  • Hughes
  • Sloan
  • Ducati
  • Wilcox
3:31
5."Focus" (analog version)
  • Hughes
  • Saxe
  • Luc
  • Ayal
3:59
6."Can't Stop Now" (digital concert)
  • Hughes
  • Bezerra
  • Walter
  • Reinhardt
  • Luc
  • Ayal
3:03
7."Science" (digital concert)
  • Hughes
  • McLaughlin
  • Bezerra
  • Palmer
  • Shearer
3:57
8."Girl of the Year" (digital concert)
  • Hughes
  • Sloan
  • Ducati
  • Wilcox
3:47
9."Little Things" (digital concert)
  • Hughes
  • Captain Cuts
  • Wilcox
3:11
Total length:31:43

Notes

Release history

RegionDateVersion(s)Format(s)LabelRef.
VariousOctober 29, 2018Standard CD Twin Music [14]
[11]
LP [15]
January 1, 2019Analog Cassette [16]
  • Digital download
  • streaming
[12]

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