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Track09/11· 4:16

Burning With Optimism's Flames

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On Black Sea

1980 · 11 tracks

01Respectable Street3:37
02Generals and Majors4:05
03Living Through Another Cuba4:44
04Love at First Sight3:06
05Rocket From a Bottle3:30
06No Language in Our Lungs4:53
07Towers of London5:23
08Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins)4:17
09Burning With Optimism's Flames4:16
10Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)3:56
11Travels in Nihilon6:56