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Track listing

# "Broken Heart" # "Love Song" # "Darkest Night" # "2,000 Miles" # "Downslide" # "Costa Mesa" # "Redemption" # "Doing Time" # "Open Road" # "Wolftown Blues" # "Judgement Day"

References

{{Authority control The Deluxtone Rockets albums 2001 albums Tooth & Nail Records albums