''Manos'' is an
album
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by
the Spinanes
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, released in 1993 on
Sub Pop Records
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. Soon after its release, it became the first album released on an independent label to top the American college charts.
''Manos'' was re-issued in 2018 by
Merge Records
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.
Critical reception
Ira Robbins, in ''
Newsday
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'', listed ''Manos'' as the ninth best album of 1993.
Track listing
# "Entire" – 2:28
# "Noel, Jonah and Me" – 3:25
# "Spitfire" – 3:10
# "I Love that Party with the Monkey Kitty" – 2:46
# "Uneasy" – 2:39
# "Epiphany" – 5:15
# "Manos" – 4:26
# "Dangle" – 3:01
# "Basement Galaxy" – 3:31
# "Grand Prize" – 3:21
# "Sunday" – 2:54
# "Shellburn" – 5:02
References
External links
"Noel, Jonah, and Me" music video (from "Manos")"Sunday" music video (from "Manos")
1993 debut albums
The Spinanes albums
Sub Pop albums
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