When I Woke

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When I Woke
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 23, 1994 (1994-08-23)
Genre Rock
Length58:45
Label Mercury/PolyGram
Producer Bill Bottrell
Rusted Root chronology
Cruel Sun
(1992)
When I Woke
(1994)
Remember
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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When I Woke is the second album and major-label debut of the American rock band Rusted Root. It has been certified Platinum in the United States.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Rusted Root with Lyrics by Michael Glabicki except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Drum Trip" 3:45
2."Ecstasy" 5:02
3."Send Me on My Way" 4:22
4."Cruel Sun"Liz Berlin, Michael Glabicki8:00
5."Cat Turned Blue"Glabicki, Patrick Norman, Berlin, Jenn Wertz3:43
6."Beautiful People" 4:10
7."Martyr" 4:26
8."Rain" 3:43
9."Food & Creative Love" 4:13
10."Lost in a Crowd" 4:01
11."Laugh as the Sun" 5:59
12."Infinite Tamboura" 1:53
13."Back to the Earth"Wertz, John Buynak, Glabicki5:27

Personnel

Rusted Root

Charts

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