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'', making it a companion piece to that album, and was released directly by Rollins'

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Track listing

# "Too Much Rock and Roll" (3:50) # "Marcus Has The Evil in Him" (4:01) # "Nowhere To Go But Inside" (3:04) # "10X" (3:04) # "Always the Same" (2:57) # "Soul Implant" (1:56) # "Raped" (4:57) # " Ain't It Fun" (

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) (3:43) # "You Lost Me" (5:47) # "Stone Washed Clean" (4:18) # "A Life Denied" (3:25) # "Your Number Is One" (long version) (4:37) # "Such a Drag" (12:55) :''All songs written and composed by Henry Rollins, Jim Wilson, Marcus Blake and Jason Mackenroth and published by Be Drinkable Music (BMI)/MS Catalog (ASCAP) except where noted.''

Personnel

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– vocals (credited as "throat") *Jim Wilson – guitar, piano *Marcus Blake – bass *Jason Mackenroth – drums with: *Mike Curtis – road manager (also credited with "knower of many things and whatnot") *Darrell Bussino – FOH sound (also credited with "The Way. Justice.") *Kerim Imes – percussion on "Your Number Is One (long version)"

Production Personnel

*Henry Rollins – producer *

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– recording and mixing engineer *Mike Curtis – "great guitar sounds" (i.e. helping produce and record the guitar tracks) *Stephen Marcussen – mastering *Sander De Jong – assistant recording engineer *Chris Reynolds – assistant mixing engineer (Sunset Sound Recorders) *Paul Smith – assistant mixing engineer (Skip Saylor Recording)

Studios

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– tracking *

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– mixing *Skip Saylor Recording – mixing

References

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