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. It was produced by

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(whose credits include

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), and released on the

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label. The album was released on March 20, 2007, and was the second of two Clutch albums to feature keyboardist Mick Schauer. A reissue of the album was released on July 20, 2010, and Clutch re-released the album as a 2-LP set on purple vinyl, limited to 1,000 copies, for

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Background

The album title comes from a line in the song "The Devil & Me", and is named after the real

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. The song "One Eye Dollar" is a remake of the same track from ''

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''. The track "Electric Worry" is a partial cover of the

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Reception

In his four-star review of the album for

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were still a functioning band,

were still patrolling the desert, and

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had yet to make up with Ozzy, Clutch will definitely not let you down with ''From Beale Street to Oblivion''." Writing for ''

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'', Keith Bergman said of the album, " — the band just cooks, with a live revival-tent intensity and more goddamn groove than you can possibly stand without involuntarily bouncing up and down in your chair. Clutch are carrying the flame for real American rock and roll, dumb rock for smart people, road warriors of the highest order and master

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Track listing

All tracks written by Clutch, except where noted.

Original album

2010 deluxe reissue bonus CD listing

All tracks written by Clutch, except where noted. Tracks 1–5 were recorded live at the

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on November 11, 2006, and tracks 6–9 were recorded on December 13, 2007, in

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, Australia, during the tour for this album.

Personnel

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– vocals, rhythm guitar *

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– lead guitar *Dan Maines – bass *

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– drums, percussion * Mick Schauer –

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, piano,

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*Bryan Hinkley – guitar on tracks 4 and 12 *Eric Oblander –

harmonicas on tracks 6, 11 and 12

Production

* Produced, recorded and mixed by 'Evil'

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, and Bay 7,

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* Additional engineering by Pete Martinez * Assistant engineering at Bay 7 by Glen Pittman * Art and design by Nick Lakiotes * Photography by Louis Rivera

Charts

References

External links

Clutch official website

"Electric Worry" (online stream)
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