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<h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <p>All tracks are written by Brant Bjork, except tracks 11 & 12</p><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Title</th><th scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">1.</th><td>"Beautiful Powers"</td><td>3:25</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2.</th><td>"Hippie"</td><td>5:35</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">3.</th><td>"Chico"</td><td>3:51</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">4.</th><td>"The Feelin'"</td><td>4:38</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">5.</th><td>"Bliss Ave."</td><td>4:35</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">6.</th><td>"Fly to Haiti"</td><td>3:15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">7.</th><td>"You're Alright"</td><td>3:36</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">8.</th><td>"Spanish Tiles"</td><td>2:13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">9.</th><td>"She's Only Tryin'"</td><td>4:30</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">10.</th><td>"The Good Fight"</td><td>4:14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">11.</th><td>"<a href="/facts/Hey_Joe/ulIF6yV6">Hey Joe</a>"</td><td>5:49</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">12.</th><td>"I Want You Around" (<a href="/facts/Ramones/8zAUgpW7">Ramones</a> cover)</td><td>1:56</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>47:37</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="credits">Credits</h2> <ul><li>Produced by Brant Bjork and Tony Mason</li> <li>Engineered by Tony Mason</li> <li>Mastered by Mathias Schneeberger</li> <li>Front cover angel by www.mistercartoon.com</li> <li>Layout Bunker/Bjork for Dunart</li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <ul><li><i>Local Angel</i> CD releases feature two cover bonus tracks by <a href="/facts/Billy_Roberts/jYflsjQe">Billy Roberts</a> and the <a href="/facts/Ramones/8zAUgpW7">Ramones</a>. The vinyl and digital versions don't feature either of these songs.</li> <li>The initial material for the album was originally recorded on a cassette tape by Bjork in 2001. Bjork then recorded the material at <a href="/facts/Rancho_De_La_Luna/zGHdS4PT">Rancho De La Luna</a> in 2003 with <a href="/facts/Molly_McGuire/w6emU9HD">Molly McGuire</a> and <a href="/facts/Dave_Catching/mPdbVvo8">Dave Catching</a>, before ultimately shelving the group's tapes and re-recording the album himself which would become the released version.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>The album was re-released in 2018 with new artwork under Bjork's current label, Heavy Psych Sounds.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Prato, Greg. "Local Angel – Brant Bjork". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2023. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r703773" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/r703773</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Krumkake (July 13, 2011). "Brant Bjork – Local Angel". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved July 3, 2023. <a href="https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/44543/Brant-Bjork-Local-Angel/" target="_blank">https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/44543/Brant-Bjork-Local-Angel/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"An Interview with Brant Bjork of Brant Bjork and the Bros". StonerRock.com. October 28, 2007. Archived from the original on April 9, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080409225950/http://www.stonerrock.com/interviews/index.asp?InterviewID=226" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080409225950/http://www.stonerrock.com/interviews/index.asp?InterviewID=226</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Brant Bjork Local Angel". Heavy Psych Sounds. Retrieved June 18, 2022. <a href="https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop.htm#HPS085" target="_blank">https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop.htm#HPS085</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>