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performing "Kick My Ass" was

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Track listing

– "Kick My Ass" # R.E.M. – "Sponge" # Nanci Griffith with

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– "Gravity of the Situation" # Soul Asylum – "When I Ran Off and Left Her" #

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– "Dodge" #

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– "Supernatural" #

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with Red Red Meat – "Sad Peter Pan" #

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– "West of Rome" # Joe Henry and

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– "Guilty by Association" # Kristin Hersh – "Panic Pure" #

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– "Withering" #

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– "Free of Hope" # Mary Margaret O'Hara – "Florida" # Vic Chesnutt and Victoria Williams – "God Is Good"

"Guilty by Association"

Joe Henry told '' Q'', "It turned out quite beautifully, I'm happy to report," he added to '' Select''. "She's quite a good singer if you didn't know. I didn't know."Collis, Clark: ''"Madonna's sick of people constantly bringing up my name!"'', '' Select'', June 1996

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