That That Is ... Is (Not)

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That That Is ... Is (Not)
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Studio album by
Released1995
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length43:01
Label Kranky
Dissolve chronology
That That Is ... Is (Not)
(1995)
Third Album for the Sun
(1997)
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That That Is ... Is (Not) is the debut album of Dissolve, released in 1995 through Kranky. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Heaphy and Roy Montgomery.

No.TitleLength
1."Strand"4:46
2."8 Wire"3:40
3."Dissong"6:09
4."3 Films"5:23
5."Blurred"4:10
6."The Mortal Pleasure of Wanda Lust"4:44
7."Encounter"7:49
8."See the World"4:54
9."S.T.P.P"1:26

Personnel

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References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "That That Is...Is (Not)". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  2. "Roy Montgomery". Chicago Reader.
  3. Inc, CMJ Network (5 August 1995). "CMJ New Music Monthly". CMJ Network, Inc. via Google Books.