This is another
gray area when it comes to dating tracks. Tom's Bandcamp page puts the
release date of the 'Plugged' album in May of 1997, but his site says
the lyrics are ©1995.
Quite often, songs from independent artists
can be 'released' over the net long before the album is. I try to keep
things consistent by going by the album release, but more & more,
these things are being put out there as singles to avoid corporate
middlemen.
Weird Al said that 'Mandatory Fun' would be his last
conventionally released album; the rest would be sold on the net. This
seems to be the trend, so greater care (or less emphasis - possibly
both) should be put on nailing down release dates.
Meanwhile, Tom
says this album is from 5/24/1997, so I'm going to run with that until I
find out there was a single released previously. Fixed.
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e8:
Actually released in 1997, not 1996.