Welcome to the Infant Freebase

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Welcome to the Infant Freebase
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1996
RecordedImpress Sound, Gothenburg, Sweden, summer of 1995
Genre Alternative rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Length70:12
Label Warner/Telegram
Producer The Soundtrack of Our Lives
The Soundtrack of Our Lives chronology
Welcome to the Infant Freebase
(1996)
Extended Revelation for the Psychic Weaklings of Western Civilization
(1998)
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Welcome to the Infant Freebase is the debut album by the Swedish rock band The Soundtrack of Our Lives.

Contents

The album was originally conceived as a double album, but their record company disagreed.

It includes the singles "Instant Repeater '99", "Blow My Cool", "Mantra Slider", and "Firmament Vacation (A Soundtrack of Our Lives)", and the song "Instant Repeater '99" was used for the closing credits of the movie Spun.

The vinyl release of this record also includes the tracks from the Homo Habilis Blues EP.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ebbot Lundberg and Björn Olsson, except where noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Mantra Slider" 6:38
2."Firmament Vacation (A Soundtrack of Our Lives)" 4:39
3."Underground Indian" 4:03
4."Chromosome Layer" Ebbot Lundberg 2:57
5."Instant Repeater '99"Lundberg, Ian Person, Björn Olsson4:42
6."Embryonic Rendezvous"Åke Karl Kalle Gustafsson4:12
7."Four Ages (Part II)" 3:56
8."Grand Canaria" 2:39
9."Endless Song"Lundberg, Person4:08
10."Confrontation Camp" 4:55
11."Blow My Cool" 2:31
12."Senior Breakdown"Olsson0:27
13."Bendover Babies" 2:45
14."The Homo Habilis Blues"Lundberg, Person, Olsson3:00
15."For Good" 2:47
16."Magic Muslims"Lundberg, Olsson, Person2:30
17."Rest in Piece" 3:21
18."Retro Man"Lundberg, Johann Johansson5:31
19."Theme from Hållö"Olsson1:28
20."Legend in His Own Mind" 2:53
Total length:70:12

Personnel

Additional personnel

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