The Beginning (Jandek album)

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The Beginning
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Studio album by
Released1999
Genre Outsider music, folk, blues, classical
Length43:23
Label Corwood Industries
Jandek chronology
New Town
(1998)
The Beginning
(1999)
Put My Dream on This Planet
(2000)

The Beginning is the twenty-eighth album by Jandek. It was released in 1999, and was given Corwood Industries release number 0766. It is considered the final album of Jandek's "second acoustic phase".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."It's February"2:04
2."You Standing There"3:05
3."I Never Left You Anyway"4:00
4."Moving Slow"3:58
5."Falling Down Deep"4:32
6."Lonesome Bridge"4:00
7."A Dozen Drops"6:17
8."The Beginning"15:27
Total length:43:23

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