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| Released | March 1984 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 20:40 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Dennis Bovell (except "A Sad Lament" produced by Martin Hayles) | |||
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Texas Fever is a 1984 EP released by the Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice. [2] [3] It was re-issued on CD in 1998 and again in 2014. [4]
All tracks composed by Edwyn Collins; except where indicated
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