''Snapshot'' is a live album by the American band

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. It was recorded in front of a small audience at Boston's

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for broadcast on WFNX. It was initially released exclusively through the

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, but has since been made available through other online channels, most notably in lossless FLAC format through Matador Records' online store.

Track listing

# "Tremolo" (

Clint Conley Clinton J. Conley is an American post-punk musician and journalist from Boston, Massachusetts, best known as a co-founder, bassist, and vocalist of Mission of Burma. Early life and education Conley was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduate ...

) – 8:06 # "Mica" (Holly Anderson and Conley) – 4:24 # "Youth of America" (

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) – 6:41 # "Absent Mind" ( Peter Prescott) – 1:53 # "Red" ( Roger Miller) – 4:25 # "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate" (Conley) – 2:32 # "Max Ernst" (Miller) – 3:10 # "Dirt" (Conley) – 5:13

Personnel

– bass,

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, percussion * Roger Miller –

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, vocals, percussion * Peter Prescott – drums, vocals, percussion *

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– loops,

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Reception

David Raposa of ''

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'' said it was worthy of a "wider commercial release" and awarded it 8.2/10. Music critic Mark Prindle gave the album 8/10 and praised the mix of the album.

References

{{Authority control Mission of Burma albums 2004 live albums Matador Records live albums