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Tracks

The Blue Hearts' previous American release, the self-titled CD/12" vinyl EP, was a 6-song compilation with selections from their self-titled first album, '' The Blue Hearts'', and their second album, '' Young and Pretty''. As with their first American release, this album was also a compilation of songs: this time from their first album and their third, '' Train-Train''. The first four songs were from ''The Blue Hearts'' and the rest were from ''Train-Train'', except for "Chernobyl" and "The Blue Hearts Theme", which had only been released as singles in Japan. The original Japanese title of the songs is in parentheses.

References

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