Argue with a Tree...

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Argue With a Tree...
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Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 15, 2004
RecordedJune 4, 2004
Genre Alternative rock
Length57:46 (Disc 1)
65:13 (Disc 2)
Label Brando/Universal
Blue October chronology
History for Sale
(2003)
Argue With a Tree...
(2004)
Foiled
(2006)
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Argue with a Tree... is a double live album/concert film by Blue October. It is their first live album and their fourth CD overall. The title of the album is a lyric in the song "Weight of the World". The album was recorded live on June 4, 2004 at Lakewood Theater in Dallas, Texas. It was released as a double CD and DVD in the United States in September 2004, by Brando/Universal Records. A remastered version of the album was released on translucent colored vinyl in 2024 as part of Blue October's "Collected Series" box set, which included their first four albums. A limited edition stand-alone version of the album was released on translucent black vinyl in 2025.

Contents

The set includes live versions of songs from all of Blue October's studio albums at the time, as well as the then unreleased tracks "PRN" and "18th Floor Balcony", and early versions of "Weight of the World" and "Sound of Pulling Heaven Down". A studio version of "PRN" was eventually released in 2015 on Ryan Delahoussaye's solo debut Tufstrings. "18th Floor Balcony" and "Sound of Pulling Heaven Down" were released on Foiled in 2006, and "Weight of the World" was the opening track on 2009's Approaching Normal . Argue With a Tree... is the only Blue October release to feature bass guitarist Piper Skih.

Track listing

CD 1

  1. "Retarded Disfigured Clown (Intro)" / "Amnesia" – 4:59
  2. "Independently Happy" – 5:25
  3. "H.R.S.A." – 4:33
  4. "Drop" – 4:24
  5. "Sexual Powertrip" – 3:41
  6. "Clumsy Card House" – 4:07
  7. "Blue Sunshine" – 6:13
  8. "Balance Beam" – 4:01
  9. "Quiet Mind" – 4:23
  10. "Inner Glow" – 4:17
  11. "Ugly Side" – 5:11
  12. "Black Orchid" – 6:32

CD 2

  1. "For My Brother" – 6:22
  2. "Breakfast After 10" – 5:17
  3. "Calling You" – 4:15
  4. "Italian Radio" – 4:22
  5. "Somebody" – 4:25
  6. "Razorblade" – 4:37
  7. "Chameleon Boy" – 6:52
  8. "James" – 6:13
  9. "Amazing" – 6:30
  10. "Weight of the World" – 4:03
  11. "PRN" – 5:20
  12. "Come in Closer" – 5:12 (featuring guest vocalist Zayra Alvarez)
  13. "The Sound of Pulling Heaven Down" – 1:45

DVD

In addition to the live concert, the DVD bonus features included the following sections:

Personnel

References

  1. "Argue with a Tree... - Blue October". Allmusic.