Euro-Trash Girl
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Euro-Trash Girl is a single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by Cracker
Cracker (band)
Cracker is an American alternative rock band featuring founders/songwriters singer David Lowery and guitarist Johnny Hickman. They are best known for their platinum-selling 1993 album, Kerosene Hat, featuring the hit songs "Low", "Euro-Trash Girl", and "Get Off This".Founders Lowery and Hickman...

, released in 1994. The song was originally released on the EP Tucson, and then as an unlisted track (track 69) on the album Kerosene Hat
Kerosene Hat
Kerosene Hat is Cracker's second album, released on August 24, 1993. It reached #1 on Billboards Top Heatseekers chart, and #59 on the Billboard 200 album chart...

. None of the other tracks on the single appear on any of their full length albums.

The cover of Neil Young's "Fucking Up", the last and only live track on the single, has lead vocals sung by Mark Linkous
Mark Linkous
Mark Linkous was an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as leader of Sparklehorse. He was also known for his collaborations with such notable artists as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Daniel Johnston, Radiohead, Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, Nina Persson, Sean Terrington Wright, David...

. It was recorded live at the Metro Chicago
Metro Chicago
This page is about the concert hall; for the metro region surrounding Chicago, see Chicago metropolitan area.Metro is a concert hall at 3730 N. Clark Street in Chicago, Illinois that plays host to a variety of local, regional and national emerging bands and musicians. The Metro was first opened in...

, courtesy of WXRT
WXRT
WXRT, also known as WXRT 93.1, XRT, and 93-XRT is a AAA radio station in Chicago, Illinois. For many years their slogan has been "Chicago's Finest Rock". WXRT is a primary sponsor of the Chicago nonprofit Rock For Kids.-History:...

(according to the liner notes on the back of the CD).

Track listing

  1. Euro-Trash Girl - 8:00
  2. River Euphrates - 2:59
  3. Bad Vibes Everybody - 2:36
  4. Blue Danube Blues - 2:08
  5. Fucking Up - 4:32


[ Release Date & Track information taken from AllMusic.com]
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