Refusal Fossil

Refusal Fossil is the sixth album by Ruins, released in 1997 through Skin Graft Records. In 2007, Skin Graft released a special edition with five extra tracks, easily identified by a different text font for the band name and title.

Refusal Fossil
Studio album by Ruins
Released	1997
Recorded	Showboat, Tokyo, Japan
Genre	Experimental rock noise rock progressive rock
Length	55:37
Label	Skin Graft Records
Producer	Ruins
Ruins chronology
Hyderomastgroningem (1995) Refusal Fossil (1997) Vrresto (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Refusal Fossil"	3:39
2.	"Uskilsdos Zaimm"	3:10
3.	"Stara Planina"	2:53
4.	"Eccentric Ditch"	2:15
5.	"Etymology"	2:03
6.	"Empty Hands"	0:55
7.	"Der Strudel"	5:21
8.	"Still Life"	3:19
9.	"7th Dimension"	2:28
10.	"Faux Numero"	1:08
11.	"Calnac"	2:43
12.	"Heraklion"	3:20
13.	"Misconduction"	2:33
14.	"Reckless Stone"	2:42
15.	"You Know What You Like"	2:45
16.	"Heaven and Hell"	3:15
17.	"Hyderomastgroningem"	1:22
18.	"Ramification"	1:46
19.	"Burning Stone"	0:52
20.	"Plexus"	1:54
21.	"Dhaskrive"	0:58
22.	"Gravestone"	3:01
23.	"Del Fanci Kant"	7:03
24.	"Infect"	6:49
25.	"Prog Rock Medley"	3:19

Tracks 13–17 were added for the 2007 special edition release.
Tracks 1–16 were recorded in Koenji and Asagaya, 1995–1997.
Tracks 17–26 were recorded live at Showboat, Tokyo on February 7, 1997.

Personnel

Ruins

• Hisashi Sasaki – vocals, bass guitar
• Tatsuya Yoshida – vocals, drums
• Ryuichi Masuda – bass guitar (tracks 8, 10, 11)
• Naruyoshi Kikuchi - alto saxophone (tracks 17–21)
• Emi Eleonola - vocals (track 22)
• Seiichi Yamamoto - guitar (track 23)
• Kenichi Oguchi – keyboards (track 24)

Production and additional personnel

• Ruins – production
• Jim O'Rourke – assistant producer