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), although the songs have been reduced to one verse and one chorus to fit into 18 and 17 seconds, respectively.

''We Are Voice and Rhythm Only''

#"Destroy 2 Theme" – 0:27 #"Standing Piss is Legal" – 0:15 #"Tired Core" – 0:16 #"Cold Beer or Hot Beer" – 0:25 #"Fuck System" – 0:15 #"We Got a Jazz" – 0:06 #"Fuck You 1995" – 0:10 #"Pay Buy Boy" – 0:13 #"Beastie Boys" – 0:18 #"9 is 6" – 0:23 #"Go" – 0:17 #"Noise & Stop" – 0:06 #"Destroy Gym" – 0:19 #"Meat Grind Test (R.I.P. Concrete Octopus)" – 0:26 #"No" – 0:07 #"Super Ape" (Dub) – 0:13 #"Anarchy Boy" – 0:09 #"Sky" co Core– 0:07 #"Sea" co Core– 0:04 #"Earth" co Core– 0:04 #"Ax Hx F.O." – 0:14 #"Over Eat – 0:13 #"Heaven" – 0:12 #"Hell" – 0:10 #"Shit" – 0:07 #"Bull Shit" – 0:02 #"Maybe Shit" – 0:02 #"Maybe Bull Shit" – 0:07 #"Shit World" – 0:10 #"World Shit" – 0:13 #"Die Punk" – 0:21 #"

" – 0:17 #"Life is Eat & Die" – 0:10 #"24H?" – 0:39 #"Record Shop Die" – 0:13 #"Osaka Most Wanted" – 0:10 #"Straight Outta Tani-9" – 0:17 #"Ax Bx Cx Dx Rx Ix" – 0:23 #"Stick Down" – 0:08 #"Stick Down Again" – 0:01 #"Stick Up" – 0:01 #"Stick Up Never Again" – 0:03 #"Mic Down" – 0:03 #"Mic Up" – 0:05 #"Destroy 2" – 0:05 #"Destroy 3" – 0:05 #"Destroy 10" – 0:14 #"Destroy Nothing" – 0:35

References

External links

Label catalogue page for "We Are Voice and Rhythm Only"

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