''Charlie'' is the third album by

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. This album was the first release on their own label, A-Zap. ''Charlie'' features guest appearances by

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and

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on the song "Area 877 hoenix Mix. Mike Patton says: "MELT... BANANA!" at the beginning of the song and Melt-Banana have sampled this through many of their other songs including "7.2 Seconds Flipping", "Brick Again" and the version of "Bad Gut Missed Fist" on their live album ''

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''. ''Charlie'' was named after the film of the same name, based on the novel ''

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Track listing

There is also an untitled track hidden in the

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before the first track, which is a cover of the song "

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" by The Damned. It is 2 minutes and 14 seconds long followed by a minute of silence.

References

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