Asianblue

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Asianblue
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Studio album by
Released2002
Genre Pop, alternative rock
Length39:16
Label Dead Daisy
Emm Gryner chronology
Girl Versions
(2001)
Asianblue
(2002)
Songs of Love and Death
(2005)
Professional ratings
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Asianblue is the seventh album by Emm Gryner, released in 2002 on Gryner's independent Dead Daisy Records.

Contents

Asianblue was nominated for Pop Album of the Year at the 2003 Juno Awards, but lost to Avril Lavigne's Let Go .

Track listing

  1. "Symphonic" (3:43)
  2. "Beautiful Things" (3:11)
  3. "Northern Holiday" (3:28)
  4. "Free" (3:25)
  5. "Young Rebel" (3:30)
  6. "Siamese Star" (3:35)
  7. "Lonestar" (4:37)
  8. "Christopher" (2:48)
  9. "Divine Like You" (3:46)
  10. "East Coast Angel" (3:36)
  11. "Green Goodnight" (3:34)

In Media

The track "Symphonic" was featured numerous times on 15/Love, a television show that ran on Canada's YTV station from 2004 to 2006.

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References

  1. McCombs, Joseph. Asianblue at AllMusic