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'''''The Diamond in the Fish'' (1996)''': A [[Rock Opera]] (about the recollections of a retired secret agent) told in [[Rat Pack]]-style jazz, as filtered through folk and blues. The band would look back on this one as their least favorite album, but it still has its moments.
'''''Russian Lullabies'' (1999)''': A musical experiment. The band read up on Russian folk music so they could mix it with rock music... but they deliberately avoided ''listening'' to any Russian music, so the end result was something else entirely. When the album went out of print, the band put the songs up on [https://web.archive.org/web/20120723201920/http://www.mattwignall.com/havalinaland/ their website] for free download. Definitely HRC's best album.
'''''America'' (1999)''': The audio equivalent of a road trip across the USA. HRC threw together a diverse array of regional American music: folk-rock, surf-rock, swamp rock, Latin rock, country, bluegrass, bebop, hip-hop, violin, banjo, steel guitar, and field recordings of bullfrogs were all thrown together with little regard for trifles like "making sense". Probably their best album.
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It was after ''Bullfigher'' that things started to fall apart worse than usual. Matt Wignall had written a new album, titled ''Pacific'', which he considered ([[Sincerity Mode|for serious this time]]) his best work ever, but numerous difficulties delayed the recording. And then in 2005, bassist (and the band's only other constant member) Orlando Greenhill announced his departure. In response, Matt Wignall retired the Havalina name, and the remaining members of the band formed a [[Spiritual Successor]] band named Matt Death and the New Intellectuals. The initial plan was for Matt Death to refine and release ''Pacific'', but as of 2011 the album still seems to be stuck in pre-release limbo.
In 2006, Havalina released a retrospective album, '''''We Remember Anarchy''''', as a free download on [https://web.archive.org/web/20120723201920/http://www.mattwignall.com/havalinaland/ their website]. Besides the obligatory "best-of" tracks, it featured previously-unreleased material: early recordings, live-in-the-studio tracks, and two [[Cut Song|cut songs]] from ''Pacific''.
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