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TNT
The Equator

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The Equator

Release date: 10th March 1998

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About This Track

"The Equator" is a track by Tortoise, from the album TNT, released 10th March 1998.

Track details

From TNT

1998

Album

Release year

1998

—Four-Day Interval
—In Sarah, Mencken, Christ, and Beethoven There Were Women and Men
—I Set My Face to the Hillside
—Swung from the Gutters
—Everglade
—Almost Always Is Nearly Enough
—A Simple Way to Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work
—Jetty
—Ten-Day Interval
—The Equator
—TNT
—The Suspension Bridge at Iguazú Falls

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Tortoise — The Clearing Fills
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Tortoise — At Odds with Logic
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Tortoise — Penumbra
Tortoise — High Class Slim Came Floatin' In
Tortoise — Charteroak Foundation
Tortoise — Gigantes
Tortoise — Yinxianghechengqi
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Tortoise — Prepare Your Coffin
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Tortoise — Northern Something
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Tortoise — Sexual for Elizabeth
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Credits

Credited: Dan Bitney, David Pajo, Doug McCombs, Jeff Parker, John Herndon, John McEntire