''Wild, Wonderful Purgatory'' is the second studio album by

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. The album was released on May 31, 1999, in Europe by Roadrunner UK, and July 7, 1999, in the U.S. by MIA Records. It was reissued on March 18, 2022, by Heavy Psych Sounds Records. It is their first fully

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album after the departure of former vocalist Jason Jarosz; a style they would keep for most subsequent releases. The album title refers to the

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slogan, "Wild and Wonderful".

Track listing

Personnel

* Will Mecum – guitar *

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– bass * Rob Oswald – drums

Notes

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video game '' NASCAR 2001''.

References

1999 albums Karma to Burn albums Roadrunner Records albums Instrumental rock albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub