Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday

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Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday
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Studio album by
Released2001
Genre Indie rock
Length50:31
Label DreamWorks SKG
Producer Dave Fridmann, Greg Wells, Mark Trombino, Rick Stone, Jerry Harrison, Creeper Lagoon
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Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday is a studio album by Creeper Lagoon. The song "Wrecking Ball" was featured in the films Vanilla Sky and Hellboy . The song "Under The Tracks" was featured in the movie Orange County .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Chance of a Lifetime" - 3:45
  2. "Wrecking Ball" - 4:03
  3. "Sunfair" - 3:51
  4. "She Loves Me Not" - 1:04
  5. "Up All Night" - 3:10
  6. "Naked Days" - 5:02
  7. "Under the Tracks" - 4:16
  8. "Dead Man Saloon" - 3:28
  9. "Hey Sister" - 3:07
  10. "Cellophane" - 3:48
  11. "Keep from Moving" - 7:15
  12. "Lover's Leap" - 4:03
  13. "Here We Are" - 3:37

Additional musicians

Production credits

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References

  1. Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday at Metacritic
  2. Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday Lyrics Book