The Great Filter (album)

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The Great Filter
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1, 2007
RecordedDecember 2006 - February 2007
At B-Side Audio Studios in Chicago, IL.
Genre Experimental rock
Length43:30
Label The End Records
Producer Rob Kleiner
Neal Ostrovsky
Tub Ring chronology
Zoo Hypothesis
(2004)
The Great Filter
(2007)
Secret Handshakes
(2010)
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The Great Filter is the title of Chicago band Tub Ring's 2007 release, and their debut on The End Records. The CD was released on May 1, 2007, with advance copies available at the release party (along with a unique Tub Ring/3-2-1 Activate! split CD, called Alter Egos) on April 27, 2007. The album keeps up the tradition of the past 3 Tub Ring albums in that it contains a SETI reference in the title (see The Great Filter), and contains a "Robot" track.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Friends and Enemies" – 3:27
  2. "The Charismatic Smile" – 2:59
  3. "Seven Exodus" – 2:52
  4. "Get Help (Now!)" – 2:35
  5. "When the Crash Happened" – 2:32
  6. "Killers in Love" – 4:13
  7. "No One Wants to Play" – 4:23
  8. "Requiem for a Robot" – 0:38
  9. "Life in Transition" – 3:25
  10. "Glass Companion" – 3:20
  11. "Making No Sound (At All)" – 3:14
  12. "The Truth" – 2:10
  13. "Wrong Kind of Message" – 4:19
  14. "My Job Here is Done" – 3:16

Non-album tracks

Personnel

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