Once Upon a Time in Shaolin…

Album by Wu‐Tang Clan

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is a unique album by Wu-Tang Clan, conceived as a single-copy work of art intended to challenge the conventions of music distribution. The album explores themes of exclusivity and the value of music as art, and it was recorded in secret over several years.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Entrance (intro)
    1:57
  2. 2.
    Rivals
    4:12
  3. 3.
    Staple Town Pt. 1 (interlude)
    0:44
  4. 4.
    Ethiopia
    7:55
  5. 5.
    Handkerchief
    0:49
  6. 6.
    Staple Town Pt. 2 (interlude)
    1:10
  7. 7.
    The Pillage of ’88
    6:52
  8. 8.
    Centipedes
    7:14
  9. 9.
    The Widow’s Tear
    3:55
  10. 10.
    Sorrow
    5:45

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Sustenance (intro)
    0:43
  2. 3.
    Lions
    6:08
  3. 4.
    Since Time Immemorial
    2:32
  4. 5.
    The Slaughter Mill
    6:31
  5. 6.
    The Brute
    3:24
  6. 7.
    Iqra
    7:23
  7. 8.
    Flowers
    5:49
  8. 9.
    Poisoned Earth
    4:34
  9. 10.
    Shaolin
    6:14
  10. 11.
    Freedom (interlude)
    2:25
  11. 12.
    The Sword Chamber
    4:05
  12. 13.
    Unique
    2:32
  13. 14.
    The Bloody Page
    5:09
  14. 15.
    The Saga Continuous
    6:58
  15. 16.
    Salaam (outro)
    1:31
  16. 17.
    Shaolin Soul (Exit)
    3:41

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