The Cold Nose is the debut album by Department of Eagles

Department of Eagles

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. It has been reissued twice. It was originally released in the US as The Whitey On The Moon UK LP on Isota Records

Isota Records

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 on October 21, 2003, and reissued in the UK as The Cold Nose on Melodic Records

Melodic Records

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 on January 8, 2008. The American Dust

American Dust

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 October 7, 2008 US reissue contains four bonus tracks. The album is sample-heavy and multilayered. The second track, "Sailing By Night," contains a sample of the song "Meetings Along The Edge" from the Philip Glass

Philip Glass

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 and Ravi Shankar

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 project Passages, as well as a sample from the Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra

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 track, Rydeen. The third track "Noam Chomsky Spring Break 2002" samples the Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor

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 song "Prisoners". The track "We Have to Respect Each Other" samples Shooby Taylor

Shooby Taylor

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, the human horn.

Tracklisting

1. "On Glaze" - 1:51
2. "Sailing by Night" - 4:35
3. "Noam Chomsky Spring Break 2002" - 3:15
4. "The Piano in the Bathtub" - 4:23
5. "Romo-Goth" - 2:40
6. "Gravity's Greatest Victory/Rex Snorted Coke" - 2:29
7. "Origin of Love" - 2:00
8. "Family Romance" - 4:19
9. "Forty Dollar Rug" - 3:15
10. "We Have to Respect Each Other" - 0:38
11. "The Curious Butterfly Realizes He Is Beautiful" - 2:53
12. "The Horse You Ride" - 4:20
13. "Ghost in Summer Clothes" - 3:55

    bonus tracks on American Dust reissue

14. "Dinner for Two" - 2:05
15. "Day School/Rooster" - 3:50
16. "Mining for Gold/Payoff" - 2:31
17. "Ghost in Summer Clothes (demo)" - 4:15