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'' as the ending-credits song.

Track listing

All songs by

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. #"Blind Eyes Open" – 3:55 #"The Longest Line" – 3:12 #"Under Easy" – 3:25 #"Like Me Too" – 3:35 #"I May Hate You Sometimes" – 3:20 #"Ironing Tuesdays" – 2:56 #"Paint Me" – 4:05 #"Believe in Something Other (Than Yourself)" – 4:10 #"Compliment?" – 3:22 #"At Least for Now" – 3:33 #"Uncombined" – 4:00 (not included on the PopLlama LP edition) #"What Little Remains" – 2:50

Bonus tracks (15th Anniversary edition)

# "I May Hate You Sometimes" - Demo # "Paint Me" - Demo # "Like Me Too" - Demo # "Allison Hubbard" - Instrumental # "After May A Summer Dies a Swan" - Instrumental # "Blind Eyes Open" - Instrumental Demo # "I May Hate You Sometimes" - Alternative Version # "Compliment?" - Alternative Version

Personnel

Credits adapted from discogs ;The Posies *

- guitar, vocals, piano *

- guitar, bass, vocals ;Production *The Posies - producer *John Golden - mastering *Chris McClurken, Ken Stringfellow - engineer (additional), mixing (additional) *Jon Auer - engineer, mixing ;Artwork and Design *Beau Fredericks - design, cover art *Jill Goodejohn - photography

References

1988 debut albums The Posies albums PopLlama Records albums {{1980s-alt-rock-album-stub