''The Freed Weed'' is a

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by the

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band

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. It was released by

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in 1990. It contains the band's second album, ''

Weed Forestin' ''Weed Forestin'' is an album by the American indie rock band Sebadoh. It was originally self-released by Barlow on cassette in 1987, under the Sentridoh name, the solo home-recording project of American rock musician and Sebadoh member Lou Barlo ...

'' (1990), in full, followed by 16 of the 32 tracks from their first album, ''

The Freed Man ''The Freed Man'' is the debut album by Sebadoh (Lou Barlow and Eric Gaffney). The title refers to the Friedman Complex apartments at Smith College where Lou Barlow was living with his then-girlfriend Kathleen Billus. As Barlow says in the liner ...

'' (1989), along with two previously unavailable songs: "Little Man" and "

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." The song "Mothra" from ''The Freed Man'' is re-titled "Stop the Wheel" on this release. An expanded,

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version of ''The Freed Man'' was released by

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in 2006. ''The Freed Weed'' remains the only official release of ''Weed Forestin'' on CD, though it was self-released on CD and several other formats as a

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album by

Lou Barlow Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion, Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock mus ...

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in 2012.

Track listing

#"Temporary Dream" #"New Worship" #"Subtle Holy Gift #"My Own Religion" #"Ride the Darker Wave" #"More Simple" #"Jealous of Jesus" #"Mr. Genius Eyes" #"Perfect Power" #"Feeding Evil" #"Sexual Confusion" #"Three Times a Day" #"Gate to Hell" #"Broken" #"Whitey Peach" #"I Can't See/Take My Hand" #"Pound My Skinny Head" #"I Believe in Fate" #"Waited Forever" #"Slightest Suggestion" #"It's So Hard to Fall in Love" #"

Brand New Love "Brand New Love" is a 1986 song written by Lou Barlow. It was first released independently by Barlow under the moniker Sentridoh but has since come to be associated with Sebadoh, the band Barlow formed with Eric Gaffney. Weed Forestin' recording ...

" #"Burning Out" #"Little Man" #"Punch in the Nose" #"Loose 'n Screw" #"Jealous Evil" #"Moldy Bread" #"Bridge Was You" #"Bolder" #"True Hardcore" #"Stop the Wheel" #"Made Real" #"Level Anything" #"Soul Mate" #"Nest" #"Narrow Stories" #"

" #"Wall of Doubt" #"Crumbs"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Freed Weed, The 1990 albums Sebadoh albums Homestead Records compilation albums