| A Town and Two Cities | ||||
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| Released | 29 April 2008 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 38:37 | |||
| Label | Universal Republic | |||
| Producer | David Bendeth | |||
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| Singles from A Town and Two Cities | ||||
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A Town and Two Cities is the debut album by English alternative rock band Your Vegas. [1] The album was produced by David Bendeth [2] and mixed by Brian Sperber.
The album's title is a reference to the band's home town of Otley, their home city of Leeds and the city in which they were based (at the time of the album's release), New York.
A Town and Two Cities was released digitally in the United States on Universal Republic Records on 1 April 2008 and in stores nationwide on 29 April 2008. The lead single "In My Head" spent 13 weeks at number 1 on Alt Nation. The album was voted number six in Music Under Fire's top 30 albums of 2008. [3] It was well received by critics and music fans alike, with an average rating of five stars on Amazon.com and four-and-a-half stars on iTunes.
All tracks are written by Coyle Girelli except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "It Makes My Heart Break" (Coyle Girelli, David Bendeth) | 3:18 |
| 2. | "In My Head" | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Birds Of Paradise" | 3:40 |
| 4. | "Aurora" (Coyle Girelli, Mat Steel) | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Troubled Times" | 3:35 |
| 6. | "The Way The War Was Won" (Coyle Girelli, Andrew Hollander) | 4:17 |
| 7. | "Your Vegas" | 3:36 |
| 8. | "Up Until The Lights Go Out" | 3:57 |
| 9. | "I Wish You Were Somewhere Else" | 3:40 |
| 10. | "Salvador" | 5:30 |
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