''Almost Heathen'' is the third studio album by the
stoner rock
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band
Karma to Burn, released in 2001 via
Spitfire Records.
[ It was the last album released before their seven-year disbandment in 2002. The album was reissued in 2022 by Heavy Psych Sounds Records.
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Reception
''Exclaim!
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'' wrote that "you either get the fact that they are an all-instrumental trio playing groovy, fuzzed-out rock or you don't ... the trio breaks down into more funky terrain." '' The Evening Times'' thought that "the listener is assailed by driving tracks of musical virtuosity where the guitars are to the fore."The Palm Beach Post
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'' called the tracks "hypnotic" and "a heavy blend of fuzzy guitars and relentless drums."
Track listing
Note
* The live bonus tracks "Seven" and "Eight" are titled incorrectly as they are actually the songs "Ten" and "Eleven", respectively.
Personnel
* William Mecum – guitar
*Rich Mullins
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– bass
* Rob Oswald – drums
References
Karma to Burn albums
2001 albums
Instrumental rock albums
Spitfire Records albums
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