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Track listing

All tracks by

except where noted. 10" vinyl 1997 (MR-048) titled "Godzilla": # "

" – 4:31 ( Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser) # "Module Overload" – 4:16 # "Living Legend" – 5:08 10" vinyl 1999 (MR-157) titled "Eatin' Dust": # "Eatin' Dust" – 3:08 # "Shift Kicker" – 3:00 # "Orbiter" – 3:13 # "Mongoose" – 6:12 CD 1999 (MR-157 cd) titled as ''Eatin' Dust''; LP 1999 (MR-163) titled as ''(Godzilla's) Eatin' Dust'': # "Godzilla" – 4:31 # "Module Overload" – 4:16 # "Living Legend" – 5:08 # "Eatin' Dust" – 3:08 # "Shift Kicker" – 3:00 # "Orbiter" – 3:13 # "Mongoose" – 6:12 # "Pigeon Toe" – 4:45 CD 2004 (ELS-023) titled as ''(Godzilla's) Eatin' Dust''; CD/LP 2010 (ATD004-2) titled as ''Godzilla's/Eatin' Dust'': # "Eatin' Dust" – 3:08 # "Shift Kicker" – 3:00 # "Orbiter" – 3:13 # "Mongoose" – 6:12 # "Pigeon Toe" – 4:45 # "Module Overload" – 4:16 # "Living Legend" – 5:08 # "Godzilla" – 4:31 All Formats 2019 (MR-175) titled as ''Godzilla's/Eatin' Dust +4'' (ATDO16) # "Eatin' Dust" – 3:08 # "Shift Kicker" – 3:00 # "Orbiter" – 3:13 # "Mongoose" – 6:12 # "Pigeon Toe" – 4:45 # "Module Overload" – 4:16 # "Living Legend" – 5:08 # "Godzilla" – 4:31 # "Grendel, Snowman" – 3:36 # "Strolling Astronomer" – 4:07 # "Urethane" – 4:30 # "Jailbreak" – 3:58 (

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)

Personnel

* Scott Hill – vocals, guitar *

– lead guitar on track 1, percussion on tracks 1 to 3 *

– drums * Bob Balch – lead guitar * Brad Davis – bass guitar *Produced by Fu Manchu ;Production *Engineered and Mixed by Steve Feldman *Assistant Engineer: Frank Hanyak *"Godzilla" session tracks recorded at Rancho De La Luna, Joshua Tree, CA on October 19, 1996 *"Eatin' Dust" session tracks recorded at Monkey Studios, Palm Springs, CA on November 22, 1998 *Mastered by Future Disc *Management: Catherine Enny/Guerrilla MGMT Collective

References

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