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'', it is the only "one-long-song" Boris album that is not broken down into multiple parts. A song with the same title also appears in the album ''

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''. In 2001

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re-released this album remastered and slowed down, with an alternative cover, and relabeled as ''Absolutego+ (Special Low Frequency Version)'' in homage to '' Earth 2''. This reissue included a bonus drone track recorded in 1997; its title would be reused 4 years later for an album also called '' Dronevil'' (a trend which continued with three albums titled ''Heavy Rocks,'' one in

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) as well as for the original "Dronevil" song, a ''Heavy Rocks'' (2002) outtake released on the Mangrove 2002 compilation. Southern Lord also released the 2001 remaster on vinyl in 2011 with new artwork, splitting the title track arbitrarily with cutoffs to fill the first three sides; the fourth side contains the final 9:35 and bonus track "Dronevil 2."

Track listing

Personnel

On all releases until ''

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'', Takeshi had been referred to as "Ohtani", and was credited as such on ''Absolutegos original release. This was corrected for the reissue of the album. * Atsuo –

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, drums * Takeshi – bass * Wata –

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s * Nagata –

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* Kakinuma – engineer * Boris – production * Just Play Design Uechi – artwork and typography

Pressing History

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1996 debut albums Boris (band) albums Southern Lord Records albums