22-20s (album)

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22-20s
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Studio album by
Released20 September 2004
StudioSawmills Studio, Lynchmob Studios, Courtyard Studios
Genre Blues rock
Length42:22
Label Heavenly Records, EMI
Producer Brendan Lynch
22-20s chronology
05/03
(2003)
22-20s
(2004)
Live in Japan
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 61/100 [1]
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (6.6/10) [5]

22-20s is the debut self-titled album by the English rock band 22-20s, released 20 September 2004.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Devil in Me" 4:16
  2. "Such a Fool" 3:56
  3. "Baby Brings Bad News" (Charly Coombes) 3:48
  4. "22 Days" 2:58
  5. "Friends" 4:00
  6. "Why Don't You Do It for Me?" 3:38
  7. "Shoot Your Gun" 4:46
  8. "The Things That Lovers Do" 4:05
  9. "I'm the One" 2:57
  10. "Hold On" 5:18 [2]

Bonus track

Personnel

Release

The album has been released in various countries.

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
Japan August 25, 2004 Toshiba-EMI CD TOCP 66307
United Kingdom September 20, 2004 Heavenly LP HVNLP51
CDHVNLP51CD
United States April 19, 2005 Astralwerks LPASW 73570
CDASW 60934

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