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group

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, which was released on December 23, 1997.

Track listing

# "Comeuppance" (Kerman) – 3:48 # "Broadside Hits and Near Misses" (Kerman) – 2:21 # "The How-To's of Self Taught" (Kerman) – 3:40 # "Bought the Farm" (Kerman) – 4:19 # "Simply Agree" (Drake, Kerman) – 1:38 # "Goliath in the Sights" (Kerman) – 4:18 # "December" (Kerman) –2:55 # "Hunter Gatherer" (Kerman) – 3:30 # "What Price Virtue?" (Kerman) – 3:19 # "Darkened Doors" (Kerman) – 4:54 # "The Encounter" (Kerman) – 3:26 # "The Willful Suspension of Disbelief" (Kerman) – 3:41 # "Cirrus" (Kerman) – 3:38 # "Weaponry" (Kerman) – 1:11 # "Absolutely, Absolute" (Kerman) – 3:48 # "Ringing in the New Ear" (Kerman) – 0:42

Personnel

* Bob Drake –

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– guitar,

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, keyboards * Sanjay Kumar – keyboards, talking with * Scott Brazieal –

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* Thomas Dimuzio – electronic sounds, computer editing

References

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