Wrecking Ball (Dead Confederate album)

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Wrecking Ball
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2008
RecordedJanuary 2008
Genre Alternative rock, psychedelic rock, alt-country, grunge
Length56:25 (61:05 With Bonus Track)
Label The Artists Organization
Producer Mike McCarthy
Dead Confederate chronology
Dead Confederate
EP

(2008)
Wrecking Ball
(2008)
Dirty Ammo
Live EP

(2009)
Singles from Wrecking Ball
  1. "The Rat"
    Released: 2008
  2. "Start Me Laughing"
    Released: 2008
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Wrecking Ball is the first full-length album from the band, Dead Confederate. It was recorded in Austin, TX with producer Mike McCarthy [1] (Spoon, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Heartless Bastards) in January 2008.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heavy Petting"Hardy Morris5:16
2."The Rat"Brantley Senn5:15
3."Goner"Morris3:29
4."It Was A Rose"Morris5:22
5."Yer' Circus"Senn4:57
6."All The Angels"Senn5:10
7."Start Me Laughing"Morris3:19
8."The News Underneath"Senn7:11
9."Flesh-Colored Canvas"Senn12:08
10."Wrecking Ball"Morris5:18
11."As Able, As Well" (iTunes Bonus Track)Senn4:40
Total length:56:25

Personnel

Dead Confederate
Production

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References

  1. "Fun Fun Fun Fest '09 Pick: Dead Confederate". Austin Post. Retrieved 19 July 2012.