''Dead as Dreams'' is the only

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Weakling Weakling was an American black metal band from San Francisco. The band never toured and released only one album, ''Dead as Dreams'', recorded in 1998 and released on Tumult Records in 2000. History The name Weakling, according to founding member ...

. It was recorded in 1998 and released in 2000, through the

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, while the band itself ceased activity in 1999. The title of the album comes from a line in the movie ''

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''.

Release

''Dead as Dreams'' was initially released on

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, double-vinyl and CD. The tape version was limited to 300 copies.

Track listing CD version

: Note: The LP version has the tracks in a different order; "No One Can Be Called as a Man While He'll Die" comes before all the other tracks. : Note: The spelling of "Desasters in the Sun" is a reference to the

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song "Total Desaster" from their debut release ''

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''.

Personnel

* John Gossard – guitar, vocals * Casey Ward – keyboards * Little Sunshine (Sam) – drums * Sara Weiner – bass guitar * Joshua M. Smith – guitar

References

{{Authority control 2000 debut albums Weakling albums