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''Whores Moaning'' (or ''Whore's Moaning'') is an EP by
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released in February 1993. It was released exclusively in Australia to coincide with 1993 tour dates in Australia and New Zealand. The name of the EP was a reference to
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's Australian tour EP ''
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'', released the previous year.


Content

Basically consisting of the " Sugar Kane" single with some tweaking, it featured the radio edit of "Sugar Kane", "Personality Crisis" from a ''
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(recorded July 1990), a prototype instrumental of "Shoot" from December 1991 called "The End of the End of the Ugly", "Is It My Body" from the
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tribute (recorded April 1991) and the lengthy instrumental "Tamra" from November 1991. The record was re-released in the United States on blue vinyl on April 16, 2011 for Record Store Day.


Packaging

The
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of one of
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's dolls. The back features a drawing by Cobain.


Track listing

# "Sugar Kane" (Edit) – 5:03 # " Personality Crisis" – 3:50 # "The End of the End of the Ugly" – 4:12 # "Is It My Body" – 2:53 # "Tamra" – 8:53


Charts


References


External links


''Rolling Stone'' article

''NME'' article mentioning the EP
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