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| Released | January 1, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | July 1993 | |||
| Genre | Indie | |||
| Length | 8:32 | |||
| Label | Strange Fruit (US), Dutch East (International) [1] | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Bratmobile had a BBC live broadcast with John Peel on July 1993 and was issued the following year as The Peel Session CD EP. [4]
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