You're Never Alone With a Cigarette (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 1)

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You're Never Alone With a Cigarette
(Sun City Girls Singles Volume 1)
Sun City Girls - Sun City Girls Singles Volume 1.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 4, 2008 (2008-03-04)
RecordedSeptember 1987 (1987-09) – July 1988 (1988-07)
Genre Experimental rock, psychedelic rock
Length39:16
Label Abduction
Sun City Girls chronology
Dulce
(1998)
You're Never Alone With a Cigarette
(Sun City Girls Singles Volume 1)

(2008)
Singles Volume 2
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) [2]
PopMatters (3/10) [3]

You're Never Alone With a Cigarette (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 1) is a compilation album by American experimental rock band Sun City Girls, released on March 4, 2008 by Abduction Records. It comprises tracks previously released as singles and on various artists compilation albums.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."100 Pounds of Black Olives" Sun City Girls 5:10
2."Sev Acher"Artie Barsamian3:12
3."Souvenirs From Jangare"Sun City Girls4:20
4."Plaster Cupids Falling From the Ceiling"Sun City Girls6:47
5."Amazon One" Traditional arr. 2:56
6."The Beauty of Benghazi" Alan Bishop 1:32
7."Wild World of Animals"Gerhard Trede2:33
8."Harmful Little Armful" (for Will Shatter) Charles Gocher 0:45
9."The Fine-Tuned Machines of Lemuria"Sun City Girls12:01

Personnel

Adapted from the You're Never Alone With a Cigarette (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 1) liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2008AbductionCDABDT040

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References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "Sun City Girls: You're Never Alone with a Cigarette: Sun City Girls Singles, Vol. 1 > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. McGonigal, Mike (May 6, 2008). "Sun City Girls: You're Never Alone with a Cigarette (Singles, Vol. 1)". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  3. Sawdey, Evan (April 21, 2008). "Sun City Girls: You're Never Alone with a Cigarette". PopMatters . Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  4. You're Never Alone With a Cigarette (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 1) (booklet). Sun City Girls. Seattle, Washington: Abduction Records. 2008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)