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Track listing

Personnel

– vocals * Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein – guitar *

– bass *

– drums, keyboards on tracks 1, 3, 4, 8, and 10 *

– keyboards on track 7

Chart positions

References

{{Authority control Misfits (band) albums 1997 albums Geffen Records albums Albums produced by Daniel Rey