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exclusively in

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, it is also their final album with band member

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, who left the group shortly afterwards. As the title suggests, the album is made up of songs that never made the final cut of the band's previous release ''

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'', except for the cover of the song "

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, which was recorded during production for the band's third studio album ''

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Track listing

;Notes *The song "Lightning Rod" features on the single for "Rescue Me" from the band's previous release ''MFZB'', but under the title "Outcast."

Singles

"Are You for Real?" - the only single released from the album. The majority of radio airplay received from the song was in Japan, a music video accompanied its release.

Personnel

;Zebrahead *

Ali Tabatabaee Ali Tabatabaee () is an Iranian-American musician who is one of two main vocalists in the American band Zebrahead. Background Before joining Zebrahead, Tabatabaee was a pre-med student at UC Irvine majoring in Biology and minoring in Theater. ...

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- lead vocals,

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*Greg Bergdorf -

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*Ben Osmundson -

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*Ed Udhus -

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;Art *Jam Suzuki *Takaaki Numano (MINDWRAP) (front cover) *Jeff "Dirt" Conley (art concept)

Track listing

Singles

Personnel

Charting positions

References

External links