The Power of Positive Thinking (EP)

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The Power of Positive Thinking
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Released1990
RecordedJanuary 1985 at Mushroom Studios/
Summer 1989 at Profile Studios, Vancouver B.C., Canada
Genre Post-hardcore
Label Alternative Tentacles
Producer Nomeansno, Greg Reely, Cec English
Nomeansno singles and EPs chronology
The Day Everything Became Nothing
(1988)
The Power of Positive Thinking
(1990)
O Canaduh
(1992)

The Power of Positive Thinking is an EP by Canadian punk rock band Nomeansno. "I Am Wrong" and "Life in Hell" were both new tracks while "Manic Depression" was a Jimi Hendrix cover recorded in 1985 and remixed for release on the EP.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Am Wrong"
  2. "Manic Depression" (Jimi Hendrix cover)
  3. "Life in Hell"

Personnel

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