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Violent Femmes – Freak Magnet (2000) | Album profile | Dork

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Freak Magnet

ALBUM

Freak Magnet

Release date: 1st January 2000

Cooking Vinyl

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About This Album

"Freak Magnet" is an album by Violent Femmes, released 1st January 2000 via Cooking Vinyl.

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Violent Femmes — Freak Magnet

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Freak Magnet

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I'm Bad

Credits

Production & Engineering

Producer: Pierre Henry, Tom Grimley

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Freak Magnet — release variants

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CD · Album
Main
Country UKYear 2000
Cooking Vinyl · COOK CD 187
Barcode: 7 11297 15872 4
CD · Album · Promo
Country USYear 1998
Interscope Records · INT3P-6341
CD · Album
Country USYear 2000
Beyond (3) · 63985-78058-2
Barcode: 6 39857 80582 9
CD · Album
Country CanadaYear 2000
Beyond (3) · 63985-78058-2
Barcode: 6 39857 80582 9
CD · Album
Country GermanyYear 2000
Volgato · olga 103-2
Barcode: 4 005902 617741