Under Heavy Manners: The Best Of Dillinger

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Total Tracks: 16   Total Length: 60:13

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Dillinger?

adeorjan

Is it Cocaine or coca cola? Hearing the non-original recording of this first track unfortunately put me off listening to the others.

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Re-recording makes me sad

YouAreJokingCommaRightQuestionMark

I am not deeply familiar with Dillinger, but I am sure that (at the very least) the version of Cocaine in my Brain on this record is not the original version. It's ok, and I venture that if you never heard the original you'll think this one is just fine. Still, it's not the original, and that saddens me.

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