| The Melancholy Connection | ||||
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| Released | 29 May 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2000–2012 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Label | Burning Heart, Epitaph | |||
| Producer | Millencolin | |||
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The Melancholy Connection is a compilation album with a bonus DVD by Swedish punk rock band Millencolin, released in 2012. It follows up The Melancholy Collection which also contained rare and unreleased tracks. The DVD features a documentary that looks inside the making of Pennybridge Pioneers,[1] with archival footage of the band and Bad Religion/Epitaph founder Brett Gurewitz who produced Pennybridge Pioneers and played acoustic guitar on "The Ballad".
The compilation contains the two newly recorded tracks "Carry You" and "Out from Nowhere".
Punk News began streaming the album in its entirety on 23 May 2012.[2]
Track listing
| Track | Song | Recorded | Appeared on |
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| 01 | "Carry You" | 2012 | New song |
| 02 | "Out from Nowhere" | 2012 | New song |
| 03 | "Absolute Zero" | 2002 | Kemp (single) |
| 04 | "Mind the Mice" | 2008 | Machine 15 (iTunes bonus track) |
| 05 | "The Downhill Walk" | 2002 | Kemp (single) |
| 06 | "E20 Norr" | 2003 | E20 Norr (single) |
| 07 | "Bull by the Horns" | 2002 | Man or Mouse (single) |
| 08 | "Junkie for Success" | 2008 | Detox (single) |
| 09 | "Dinner Dog" | 2000 | Penguins & Polarbears (single) |
| 10 | "Ratboys Masterplan" | 2005 | Shut You Out (single) |
| 11 | "Phony Tony" | 2005 | Ray (single) |
| 12 | "Queens Gambit" | 2000 | Penguins & Polarbears (single) |
| 13 | "Bowmore" | 2003 | Battery Check (single) |
| 14 | "Into the Maze" | 2002 | Man or Mouse (single) |
A Pennybridge Production
The CD is paired with a 90-minute DVD that takes fans inside the making of Pennybridge Pioneers with never before seen archival footage, interviews with the band, and live performance in Cologne, Germany.
Track listing
- Intro
- Hollywood
- Material Boy (Live)
- Duck Pond (Live)
- Recording
- Hellman (Live)
- Drums
- Highway Donkey (Live)
- Stop to Think (Live)
- Guitars
- Right About Now (Live)
- Working Titles
- A-Ten (Live)
- Vocals
- Devil's Me (Live)
- Penguin Vocals
- Penguins Video Shoot
- Penguins and Polarbears Video
- Backups
- The Mayfly (Live)
- Checkmate
- Pepper (Live)
- Fox Video Shoot
- Fox Video
- One More
- The Ballad (Live)
Bonus
- No Cigar (Live)
- Fox (Live)
- Penguins and Polarbears (Live)