| Vietnam | ||||
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | Noise New York, NYC Grog Kill Studio, Woodstock, NY | |||
| Genre | Noise rock | |||
| Length | 30:15 | |||
| Label | Fundamental | |||
| Producer | Kramer | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Vietnam is the third studio album by Shockabilly, released in 1984 by Fundamental Records. [2] It released on CD as Vietnam/Heaven in 1990.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pile Up All Architecture" | Eugene Chadbourne, Kramer | 2:10 |
| 2. | "Born on the Bayou" (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) | John Fogerty | 2:27 |
| 3. | "Your U.S.A and My Face" | Eugene Chadbourne | 3:21 |
| 4. | "Iran into Tulsa" | Eugene Chadbourne, Kramer | 2:04 |
| 5. | "Vietnam" (John Lee Hooker cover) | John Lee Hooker | 3:06 |
| 6. | "Flying" (The Beatles cover) | George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr | 3:01 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Paris" | Kramer | 2:09 |
| 2. | "Georgia in a Jug" (Johnny Paycheck cover) | Bobby Braddock | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Lucifer Sam" (Pink Floyd cover) | Syd Barrett | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Signed D.C." (Love cover) | Arthur Lee | 3:14 |
| 5. | "Nicaragua" | Kramer, Ed Sanders | 2:29 |
Adapted from the Vietnam liner notes. [3]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | 1984 | Fundamental | LP | SAVE 1 |
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