''Ass Cobra'' is the third full-length studio album by Norwegian punk rock band

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. It was first released in May 1996 on Boomba Records in Germany and in 1997 on

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in the United States. It was re-released in 1998 on Bitzcore Records in Germany and on

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in the US, and in 2003 on Epitaph Records in the US and Burning Heart Records in Sweden. The album title is a reference to the

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Music

''Ass Cobra'' featured a move towards mid-1970s

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and glam territory, in the style of

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Critical reception

Patrick Kennedy of

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'' rated ''Ass Cobra'' 9.0 out of 10.

Track listing

All songs composed and performed by TRBNGR except "Raggare Is a Bunch of Motherfuckers" (The Rude Kids), "Mobile Home" (The Lewd) and "Young Boys Feet" (

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" – 1:36 # "Deathtime" – 2:20 # "Black Rabbit" – 1:21 # "Denim Demon" – 2:11 # "Bad Mongo" – 2:32 # "Mobile Home" – 2:05 # "

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" – 2:06 # "Just Flesh" – 3:09 # "Screwed And Tattooed" – 3:22 (bonus track on the SFTRI release only) # "Hobbit Motherfuckers" – 1:22 # "Sailor Man" – 2:00 # "Turbonegro Hate the Kids" – 3:04 # "Imorgen Skal Eg Daue" – 2:32 n: Tomorrow I'll Die) # "Raggare Is a Bunch of Motherfuckers" – 3:01 # "Young Boys Feet" – 1:14 (bonus track on the SFTRI release only)

Personnel

*Hank von Helvete (Hans Erik Dyvik Husby) – vocals *Pål Pot Pamparius (Pål Bøttger Kjærnes) – guitar *Rune Rebellion (Rune Grønn) – guitar *Bingo (Bengt Calmeyer (musician), Bengt Calmeyer) – bass guitar *

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(Thomas Seltzer) – drums *Morten Andersen – photography *Sean Bovine – engineer *Rich Burnette – engineer *Christian A. Calmeyer – engineer *Erik Hanisch – engineer

References

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