Surf (Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment album)

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Surf
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Studio album by
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
ReleasedMay 28, 2015
Recorded2013–2015 in Los Angeles, California, Florida, CRC in Chicago, Illinois
Genre
Length51:54
Producer The Social Experiment
Nico Segal chronology
Donnie Trumpet EP
(2013)
Surf
(2015)
Intellexual
(2019)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Miracle"
4:11
2."Slip Slide"
4:00
3."Warm Enough"
3:22
4."Nothing Came to Me"
  • J.P. Floyd
  • N. Segal
3:30
5."Wanna Be Cool"
3:28
6."Windows"
3:57
7."Caretaker"1:35
8."Just Wait"
  • C. Osteen
  • C. Lang
  • C. Bennett
  • Dustin Green
  • F. Starlite
  • J. Floyd
  • N. Fox
  • N. Segal
  • P. Cottontale
3:47
9."Familiar"
3:54
10."SmthnthtIwnt"
1:51
11."Go"
  • A. Bailey
  • E. Kane
  • F. Starlite
  • J. Gittleman
  • Jesse Boykins III
  • Joey Purp
  • L. Beckstrom
  • Lili K.
  • M. Stewart
  • Mike Golden
  • N. Fox
  • N. Segal
  • P. Cottontale
4:22
12."Questions"
1:55
13."Something Came to Me"
  • F. Starlite
  • N. Fox
  • N. Segal
  • P. Cottontale
3:11
14."Rememory"
  • A. Suleiman
  • C. Bennett
  • D. Green
  • Erykah Badu
  • N. Fox
  • N. Segal
  • P. Cottontale
2:34
15."Sunday Candy"
  • C. Bennett
  • E. Kane
  • Franco Davis
  • J. Red
  • J. Woods
  • J. Floyd
  • M. Stewart
  • N. Fox
  • N. Segal
  • Patrick Paige
  • P. Cottontale
  • Sima Cunningham
  • Stix
3:46
16."Pass the Vibes"
  • Eric Butler
  • J. Floyd
  • N. Fox
  • N. Segal
  • Thaddeus Tukes
2:31
Total length:51:54

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