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Exploring the Axis

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Exploring The Axis
Studio album by
Released1985
GenreAlternative rock, neo-psychedelia
Length49:55
LabelFrontier
ProducerJeff Eyrich
Thin White Rope chronology
Exploring The Axis
(1985)
Moonhead
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[2]
OndaRock7/10[3]
Select[4]

Exploring The Axis is the first full-length album by Thin White Rope.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Guy Kyser except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Down in the Desert" (Becker/Kyser)3:26
2."Disney Girl"4:49
3."Soundtrack"4:49
4."Lithium"3:05
5."Dead Grammas on a Train"2:53
6."The Three Song"3:33
7."Eleven"2:24
8."Atomic Imagery" (Kyser/Tesluk)3:47
9."The Real West" (Kyser/Kunkel)3:49
10."Exploring the Axis"5:26
11."Macy's Window"3:45
12."Rocket USA -live-" (Vega)5:53
13."Roger's Tongue" (Kunkel)2:41

The original vinyl version of the album contained tracks 1-10 (in the US), or tracks 1-7, 9, 10 & 13 (in the UK). Track 11 was a bonus track on the cassette version of Exploring The Axis and tracks 11 and 12 have also been released on the "Bottom Feeders" mini-album.

Personnel

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  • Guy Kyser – guitar, vocals
  • Roger Kunkel – guitar, vocals
  • Stephen Tesluk – bass, guitar, vocals
  • Jozef Becker – drums
  • Jeff Eyrich – producer
  • Dennis Dragon – engineer
  • Ross Garfield – drum technician

References

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  1. ^ Bush, Nathan. Exploring the Axis at AllMusic
  2. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1140.
  3. ^ "Thin White Rope - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto".
  4. ^ Select magazine, August 1990 issue, page 121