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A Lazarus Taxon
Restless Waters

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Restless Waters

Release date: 30th January 1996

From A Lazarus Taxon

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"Restless Waters" is a track by Tortoise, from the album A Lazarus Taxon , released 30th January 1996.

Track details

From A Lazarus Taxon

1996

Album

A Lazarus Taxon

Release year

1996

—Initial Gesture Protraction
—Madison Area
—Goriri
—Alcohall
—A Grape Dope
—Tin Cans (the Puerto Rican Remix)
—TNT (Remix)
—Autumn Sweater
—Cliff Dweller Society
—Cornpone Brunch Watt Remix
—Didjeridoo
—Deltitnu
—Elmerson, Lincoln, and Palmieri
—Blackbird
—Blue Station
—Cobwebbed
—The Match Incident
—Restless Waters
—Not Quite East of the Ryan
—Peering
—Vaus
—Wait
—Whitewater
—Your New Rod
—To Day Retrieval
—The Source of Uncertainty
—Waihopai
—Adverse Camber

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Credited: Dan Bitney, David Pajo, Doug McCombs, John Herndon, John McEntire, Various Artists