''Barfly'' is the second album from

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, originally released in 1995 on Taang! Records. The album contains several cover songs that influenced the band's individual members. The cover songs were narrowed down from a list of seven possible cover songs the band had rehearsed and performed live, having originally been picked round-robin style. The album is fleshed out with original songs written after the release of ''

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''. ''Barfly'' was released shortly after ''Songs in the Key of Bree'', in part because the band was anxious to have a release available that would see wider distribution than the first album was gaining.

Track listing

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cover) #"Barfly" #"Bonus Track"

Credits

Performance

*Jon Pebsworth - Vocals *Jonas Kleiner - Guitar *Dan Albert - Trombone *Anthony Curry - Trumpet *Craig Yarnold - Alto Sax *Scott Kennerly - Bass *Steve Bauer - Drums

Production

*Engineered and mixed by Jeff Forest at DoubleTime Studios, San Diego, California

References

1995 albums Buck-O-Nine albums Taang! Records albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub