| We Became Snakes | ||||
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 37:46 | |||
| Label | SST (048) | |||
| Producer | Mike Watt [1] | |||
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We Became Snakes is Saccharine Trust's second album, released in 1986 through SST. It would be their last studio effort until the release of The Great One Is Dead fifteen years later.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "We Became Snakes" | Baiza, Brewer, Cicero and Fitzer | 5:26 |
| 2. | "Drugstore Logic" | Baiza, Brewer, Cicero and Fitzer | 2:28 |
| 3. | "Frankie on a Pony" | Baiza and Brewer | 8:51 |
| 4. | "The Need" | Baiza and Brewer | 2:12 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "For Her While" | Baiza, Brewer, Cicero and Fitzer | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Effort to Waste" | Baiza and Brewer | 3:30 |
| 3. | "The Redeemer" | Baiza, Brewer, Cicero and Fitzer | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Longing For Ether" | Baiza, Brewer, Cicero, Fitzer and Jacobelly | 4:37 |
| 5. | "Belonging to October" | Bialik and Cicero | 2:36 |
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