The Samples (album)

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The Samples
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Studio album by
Released1989
Genre Pop rock, reggae
Label Arista, What Are Records?
Producer Walt Beery
The Samples chronology
The Samples
(1989)
Underwater People
(1991)

The Samples is the debut album by The Samples. Produced by Walt Beery, the album was initially recorded and released independently, but was later released on Arista Records in May 1989, and then re- re-released in 1993 on What Are Records?.

Track listing

All songs written by Sean Kelly, except where noted.

  1. "Feel Us Shaking" (Kelly, Andy Sheldon, Al Laughlin, Jeep MacNichol) – 4:40
  2. "Waited Up" (Kelly, Laughlin) – 5:12
  3. "Ocean of War" – 5:01
  4. "Could It Be Another Change" – 3:28
  5. "Close to the Fires" – 4:33
  6. "African Ivory" – 5:24
  7. "My Town" (Kelly, Laughlin) – 2:57
  8. "Birth of Words" – 4:41
  9. "After the Rain" – 3:58
  10. "Nature" (Kelly, Sheldon, Laughlin, MacNichol) – 5:37

Personnel

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