Wastelands (album)

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Wastelands
Eskimo Joe - Wastelands.jpg
Studio album by
Released20 September 2013
Genre
Length42:37
Label
  • Dirt Diamonds
  • Inertia
Producer Burke Reid
Eskimo Joe chronology
Ghosts of the Past
(2011)
Wastelands
(2013)
Singles from Wastelands
  1. "Got What You Need"
    Released: 19 August 2013

Wastelands is the sixth studio album by Australian rock band Eskimo Joe, released on 20 September 2013.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eskimo Joe (Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain)
except 2, 3, 6 and 10, written and composed by Eskimo Joe and Steve Parkin.

No.TitleLength
1."Running Out of Needs"3:57
2."Not Alone"4:02
3."Got What You Need"4:46
4."Sad Song"3:21
5."Every Harmony"4:23
6."Disgrace"3:51
7."What You Want"4:05
8."How Was I to Know"4:15
9."Keep It Coming"4:23
10."Last Beacon Light"5:34
Total length:42:37

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] 12

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogue
Australia20 September 2013Dirt Diamonds, Inertia CD digipakDDPEJ001CDX
Australia20 September 2013Dirt Diamonds, InertiaCD 'Special Supporters Edition'
(Pozible campaign exclusive
slipcase over DDPEJ001CDX)
DDPEJ001FAN

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