Fist Sized Chunks

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Fist Sized Chunks
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 8, 1990
RecordedSpring 1989
Studio Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington
Genre
Label Cruz Records
Producer Skin Yard
Skin Yard chronology
Hallowed Ground
(1988)
Fist Sized Chunks
(1990)
1000 Smiling Knuckles
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Fist Sized Chunks is the third studio album by the grunge band Skin Yard. It was released in 1990 on Cruz Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Slow Runner"
  2. "Go to Sleep"
  3. "No Control"
  4. "Through Nothing"
  5. "Hungry and Hanging"
  6. "Ritual Room"
  7. "Over the Moon"
  8. "Drunk on Kerosene"
  9. "Gentle Collapse"
  10. "No Right" (CD only)

Fist Re-Mixed

In 2012 Jack Endino released a remixed version of the album with additional tracks.

Track listing

  1. "Slow Runner"
  2. "Go to Sleep"
  3. "No Control"
  4. "Through Nothing"
  5. "Hungry and Hanging"
  6. "Ritual Room"
  7. "Over the Moon"
  8. "Drunk on Kerosene"
  9. "Wither"
  10. "No Right"
  11. "Gentle Collapse"

Personnel

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References

  1. "Fist Sized Chunks - Skin Yard". Allmusic.