Vainly Clutching at Phantom Limbs

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Vainly Clutching at Phantom Limbs
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Studio album by Elf Power
Released 1995
Genre Indie pop, indie rock, experimental rock
Label Arena Rock Recording Co.
Elf Power chronology
Vainly Clutching at Phantom Limbs
(1995)
When the Red King Comes
(1997)
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Vainly Clutching at Phantom Limbs is the first full-length release by indie rock band Elf Power. Released in 1995, it is a compact disc reissue of their debut LP and 7" single on Arena Rock Recording Co..

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Pioneer Mansion"
  2. "Temporary Arm"
  3. "All You Experiments"
  4. "Finally Free"
  5. "Drug Store"
  6. "Loverboy's Demise"
  7. "Slither Hither"
  8. "Circular Malevolence"
  9. "When the Serpents Approach"
  10. "Surgery"
  11. "Vainly Clutching at Phantom Limbs"
  12. "Arachnid Dungeon Attack"
  13. "Grand Intrusion Call"
  14. "Monster Surprise"
  15. "Heroes and Insects"
  16. "The Winter Hawk"
  17. "Exalted Exit Wound"

Personnel

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