''Replicants'' is the debut and only album from
Replicants
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Reception
Although Replicants have a large fan base, the album was not regarded as a great success, and was seen as
"not a total and utter trudge-fest, finding a weird balance between the relative exultance of the original, and the band's own mock metal heroics, adding in a bit of woozy semi- shoegaze psychedelia at the end." - Allmusic
Track listing
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Just What I Needed
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" - 3:43
(The Cars
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Silly Love Songs
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" - 7:30
(Wings
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Life's a Gas" - 3:12
( T. Rex)
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Cinnamon Girl
"Cinnamon Girl" is a song by Neil Young. It debuted on the 1969 album ''Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'', which was also Young's first album with backing band Crazy Horse.
Songwriting Music
Like two other songs from ''Everybody Knows This ...
" - 3:38
(Neil Young
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How Do You Sleep?" - 6:08
(John Lennon
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Destination Unknown" - 5:09
(Missing Persons
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No Good Trying" - 1:16
( Syd Barrett)
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Are 'Friends' Electric?
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" - 4:30
( Gary Numan)
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Dirty Work" - 4:56
( Steely Dan)
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The Bewlay Brothers
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" - 7:14
(David Bowie
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Ibiza Bar" - 4:59
( Pink Floyd)
Track information
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Silly Love Songs
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Maynard James Keenan
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on guest vocals.
References
External links
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Allmusic Article
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- Information on Replicants
Silly Love Songs- YouTube video
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1995 albums
Replicants (band) albums
Covers albums
Zoo Entertainment (record label) albums