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writer John Schacht gave it a four-star reviewing, calling it "an exquisite foray into wistfulness so sublime you can't help but feel elation mingled with the sadness".Schacht, John
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s Chris Wibbs called it "a voyage well worth taking, despite the oddity of it being about a cat".Wibbs, Chris (2005)
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Track listing

# "Charred Resentment the Same" # "Predatory King Today" # "Affection’s the Pay" # "Dark of Garage" # "I Am Six Pounds of Dynamite" # "This Rookie Runs" # "I Feel Too Young to Die" # "Stupid Is as Stupid Does" # "Sicknessing"

Personnel

* Will Johnson - vocals, guitars * Scott Danbom - vocals, keyboards, violin * Mark Hedman - bass *

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- drums

References

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