''Revolver Soul'' is the seventh studio album by the band
Alabama 3
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. It is the first album by the band to be released through
Hostage Music
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,
after parting ways with
One Little Indian Records
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. It was recorded at Jamm Studios, in
Brixton
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.
Track listing
#"(Intro) Oh Christ" – 3:37
#"Bad to the Bone" – 3:15
#"She Blessed Me" – 3:38
#"Jacqueline" – 3:13
#"Fix It" – 4:32 featuring
Shane MacGowan
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (25 December 195730 November 2023) was a British-born Irish singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of Celtic punk band the Pogues. He won acclaim for his lyrics, whic ...
#"Bad Girl" – 4:15
#"If I Had a Diamond Ring" – 0:36
#"Hostage" – 3:48
#"Keep Your Powder Dry" – 4:28
#"Come Ye Believers" – 0:57
#"Vietnamistan" – 4:43
#"All God's Children" – 3:36
#"Revolver Soul" – 5:46
#"(Outro) Oh Christ" – 1:38
Notes
The title is a reference to
the Beatles
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albums ''
Revolver
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'' and ''
Rubber Soul
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''. "Vietnamistan" contains samples of "
Yankee Doodle Dandy
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" and "
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die-Rag" by
Country Joe & the Fish
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.
Charts
References
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2010 albums
Alabama 3 albums