The Battle of Electricity

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The Battle of Electricity
Gerbils The Battle Of Electricity.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 2001
RecordedRadium Recording, Athens, GA
Genre Indie pop
Length44:24
Label Orange Twin
OTR006
Producer The Gerbils, Chris Bishop
The Gerbils chronology
Are You Sleepy?
(1998)
The Battle of Electricity
(2001)
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The Battle of Electricity is the second and final album by Athens-based Elephant 6 band The Gerbils.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by John D'Azzo/Scott Spillane except where noted.

  1. "Are You Underwater" (John D'Azzo/J. Kirk Pleasant) – 4:29
  2. "(i)" – :48
  3. "The Air we Share" – 3:57
  4. "Lucky Girl" – 5:21
  5. "(ii)" – 1:14
  6. "Fail to Mention" – 3:31
  7. "(iii)" – :27
  8. "Meteoroid From the Sun Strikes a Dead Weirdo" – 2:30
  9. "(iv)" – :47
  10. "A Song of Love" – 2:52
  11. "(v)" – 1:49
  12. "The White Sky" – 2:57
  13. "(vi)" – :24
  14. "(vii)" – 1:48
  15. "Snorkel" – 3:10
  16. "The Battle of Electricity" – 3:13
  17. "Share Again" – 3:46
  18. "(viii)" – 1:32

Personnel

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