Chore Of Enchantment

by Giant Sand

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Vasileios Papaevangelou It completes the life span of the band exactly at the point in time where and when it should have all ended and it does so in a masterful way ... Gelb, Convertino, Burns and Jim Dickinson deliver what should and might as well have been/be their magnum opus ... a perfect closure of a decade that opened with Ramp; a beautiful contrast to the wild desert guitars of the Valley of Rain ...

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2011 Fire Records release, issued in gatefold sleeve.

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1999 V2 release, issued in hand assembled clamshell case (non-sealed).

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2002 Thrill Jockey release, issued in standard jewel case.

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	1.	Overture
	2.	(Well) Dusted (For The Millenium)
	3.	Punishing Sun
	4.	X-tra Wide
	5.	1972
	6.	Temptation Of Egg
	7.	Raw
	8.	Wolfy
	9.	Shiver
	10.	Dirty From The Rain
	11.	Astonished (In Memphis)
	12.	No Reply
	13.	Satellite
	14.	Bottom Line Man
	15.	Way To End The Day
	16.	Shrine

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Originally released in 1999.

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released November 20, 2018

Bass – Joe Burns
Drums – John Convertino
Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Howe Gelb

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Giant Sand Tucson, Arizona

Technically, Giant Sand was formed in 1980 as Giant Sandworms. And then became dewormed as Giant Sand in 1983. The rest of the story is what you see here.

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