The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane

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The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2001
Genre Anti-folk, folk punk
Length40:19
Label Rough Trade
Don Giovanni
Producer Whip, Jeffrey Lewis, Spencer Chakedis
Jeffrey Lewis chronology
The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane
(2001)
It's the Ones Who've Cracked That the Light Shines Through
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Consumer Guide Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
NME 6/10 [4]

The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane and Other Favorites is the first album by anti-folk artist Jeffrey Lewis. It was released on CD in 2001 on Rough Trade Records and on vinyl in 2012 on Don Giovanni Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The East River"
  2. "Another Girl"
  3. "Seattle"
  4. "The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song"
  5. "Amanda Is a Scalape"
  6. "Heavy Heart"
  7. "The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane"
  8. "The Man with the Golden Arm"
  9. "Springtime"
  10. "Life"

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