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Critical reception

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'' called the album "a locomotive blur of abrasive pop and gnarly guitar psychosis." ''

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Track listing

# "This Town" - (Fleming) # "All The Time" - (Fleming) # "Window Pain" - (Fleming) # "Wake Up" - (Gumball) # "Summer Days" - (Fleming) # "Yellow Pants" - (Fleming) # "Restless" - (Fleming) # "Gone Too Far" - (Gumball) # "Gettysburg" - (Gumball) # "Alternate Feed" - (Fleming) # "You Know" - (

and Gumball) # "Pre" - (Gumball) # "High Or Low" # "Gettysburg (Twister Mix)" - (Gumball)

Personnel

* Don Fleming - vocals, guitar, producer *Jay Spiegel - drums, vocals ("Gone Too Far") *Eric Vermillion - bass, vocals ("Wake Up", "You Know") *

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- guitar, background vocals ("You Know") *

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- background vocals ("You Know") * Norman Blake - background vocals ("You Know") *

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- background vocals ("You Know") *Paul Crisholm - bass ("You Know") *

- keyboards ("Gettysburg") ;Technical *Jim Waters - engineer *James Kavoussi - engineer *

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References

1991 debut albums albums produced by Don Fleming (musician) {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub