The Age of Octeen

The Age of Octeen
Studio album by Braid
Released September 7, 1996
Recorded 1996
Genre Emo, post-hardcore
Length 38:07
Label Mud Records
Braid chronology

Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five
(1995)
The Age Of Octeen
(1996)
Frame and Canvas
(1998)
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The Age of Octeen is the second studio album by American emo band Braid, released September 7, 1996 on Mud Records.

Released a year after their debut album, Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five, the album is notably 25 minutes shorter and features half as many songs. However, The Age of Octeen made up for this by showcasing greatly improved production quality, and songs are on average three-to-four minutes long, almost twice as long as those featured on Frankie Welfare Boy Age Five.

Songs from the album were included in the Braid compilation album Movie Music, Vol. 2.

Track listing

  1. "My Baby Smokes" – 3:15
  2. "Nineteen Seventy Five" – 3:04
  3. "Divers" – 3:42
  4. "Jimmy Go Swimmer" – 2:26
  5. "Movie Clock Star" – 5:45
  6. "Eulalia, Eulalia" – 3:56
  7. "Grace Car Part One" – 4:10
  8. "Harrison Ford" – 4:00
  9. "American Typewriter" – 3:19
  10. "The Chandelier Swing" – 3:24
  11. "Autobiography" – 1:06

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