''Ecto'' is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter

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, released in 1987.

Overview

Rhodes' first four albums were not conceived and recorded as album releases, but were a gathering together of songs recorded at Cathedral Sound Studios from 1984 to 1986. When fellow musician Kevin Bartlett offered to release Rhodes' songs on his cassette-only personal label Aural Gratification, Rhodes culled through the songs she had recorded and ordered them to her satisfaction. Originally released as a cassette tape, each copy sold was a 1 to 1 real-time dub. ''Ecto'' was released on CD in 1992 with additional tracks. The bonus track ''When The Rain Came Down'' was uploaded to the

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by an unknown person, and misidentified as a duet between

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, two singers who (as of July 2007) have never worked together.

Track listing

''All music, lyrics, voices, instruments and arrangements by Happy Rhodes.'' #"I'm Going Back" – 4:18 #"If Love Is A Game, I Win" – 5:32 #"Would That I Could" – 4:11 #"Off From Out From Under Me" – 3:53 #"Project 499" – 2:13 #"I Won't Break Down" – 3:28 #"If So" – 3:36 #"Ecto" – 4:40 #"I Cannot Go On" – 4:07 #"Ode" – 4:10 #"Don't Want To Hear It" – 4:56 #"Poetic Justice" – 2:59 #"To Be E. Mortal" – 8:15 #"Look For The Child" – 5:54 (CD

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, previously unreleased) #"When The Rain Came Down" – 5:44 (CD bonus track, previously unreleased)

Personnel

– vocals, guitar, keyboards

References

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