Voluntary Target

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Voluntary Target
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Compilation album by
Leo Kottke
Released1984
Label Pair
Leo Kottke chronology
Time Step
(1983)		Voluntary Target
(1984)		 A Shout Toward Noon
(1986)

Voluntary Target is a 1984 compilation LP album by guitarist Leo Kottke. It includes all of Balance and Burnt Lips.

Contents

Track list

Record 1 Balance
Side A:

  1. "Tell Mary" - 3:04
  2. "I Don't Know Why" - 2:07
  3. "Embryonic Journey" (Jorma Kaukonen) - 3:17
  4. "Disguise" - 2:45
  5. "Whine" - 3:10

Side B:

  1. "Losing Everything" - 2:58
  2. "Drowning" - 2:12
  3. "Dolores" - 3:09
  4. "1/2 Acre of Garlic" - 2:33
  5. "Learning the Game" (Buddy Holly) - 3:16

Record 2 Burnt Lips
Side A:

  1. "Endless Sleep" (Nick Lowe) - 3:37
  2. "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) - 2:25
  3. "Frank Forgets" - 2:09
  4. "Sonora's Death Row" (Kevin Blackie Farrell) - 4:30
  5. "The Quiet Man" - 2:05
  6. "Everybody Lies" - 2:19
  7. "I Called Back" - 2:38

Side B:

  1. "A Low Thud" - 3:07
  2. "Orange Room" - 3:33
  3. "The Credits: Out-takes from Terry's Movie" - 3:46
  4. "Voluntary Target" - 2:58
  5. "Burnt Lips" - 2:07
  6. "Sand Street" - 1:46
  7. "The Train and the Gate: From Terry's Movie" - 3:18

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted

Personnel

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