Too Much Is Better Than Not Enough: Singles & Unreleased Songs 1986-87

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Live At Riff's 1985 (album), Too Much Is Better Than Not Enough: Singles & Unreleased Songs 1986-87, Live & Rehearsal Tapes 1984-86 (compilation), Live 1989 (compilation), Pink Quartz Sun Blasting (1988-Album), Pavilion (1988-Single), Never Ending Ceiling (1987-Single), Sinister Flower Gift (1986-Album), and 1 more. , and , .

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1.	Backstab 03:11	buy track
2.	Two Against One 03:28	buy track
3.	Leave 02:26	buy track
4.	Counting 03:13	buy track
5.	Next To The Pillar 03:24	buy track
6.	Shut Yer Trap 03:12	buy track
7.	Smart Bomb 02:56	buy track
8.	Hubcap Diamond Star Halo 03:26	buy track
9.	Said Did Saw 02:51	buy track
10.	Brave And Bold 01:53	buy track
11.	Smokescreen 03:42	buy track
12.	Hell 06:37	buy track

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This album features previously unreleased tracks from the studio sessions for The Hollowmen's first two albums recorded in 1986 and 1987.

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released September 4, 2020

Tom Armstrong: vocals, guitar
Joe Page: drums
Mike Sangster: vocals, guitar, piano
Eric Svenson: bass

All songs by Sangster/Svenson/Armstrong/Page.

All songs except for "Backstab" and "Smart Bomb" were recorded in 1987 at Studio 55 in Des Moines, Iowa, and produced by Jim Roth and The Hollowmen and engineered by Kerry Moore.

"Backstab" and "Smart Bomb" were recorded at Remington Road Studios in 1986 and produced by Michael Freeman and Ric Menck.

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The Hollowmen were an alternative rock band based in Des Moines, Iowa, and active from 1984–1989. In addition to playing hundreds of shows around the Midwest, The Hollowmen released two full-length albums, one EP, and songs on the first two "Iowa Compilation" records. Band members were Tom Armstrong, Joe Page, Jim Roth, Mike Sangster, and Eric Svenson. ... more

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