Available Light (album)

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Available Light
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Studio album by
Released2005
Genre Rock
Length43:42
Label Sony BMG
Dave Dobbyn chronology
Together in Concert: Live
(2000)
Available Light
(2005)
Anotherland
(2008)
Singles from Available Light
  1. "Welcome Home"
    Released: May 2005

Available Light is a 2005 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn. It debuted at number 3 on the New Zealand Music Charts. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Dobbyn.

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:34
2."Welcome Home"3:51
3."Let That River Go"3:47
4."Pour The Wine"3:03
5."Roll Away"2:59
6."Outrageous Design"3:03
7."Accustomed To The Light"4:00
8."And You Will Lose Everything"3:25
9."It's The Truth"3:02
10."Forgiveness"3:15
11."Free The People"2:47
12."Keeping The Flame"3:02
13."You Got Heart"3:20
14."Drink The River"1:38
15."Outro"1:05

DVD

The album was also released with a limited edition DVD. The contents of the DVD are:

  1. Available Light - Album Insight
  2. Fans on Film
  3. Dave's Track by Track
  4. Behind the scenes of the Welcome Home video
  5. Welcome Home video (with optional director's commentary)
  6. Haere Mai Dave

In addition, the DVD contains a hidden "Easter Egg", accessed by scrolling up on the main menu and pressing enter.

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References

  1. "Charting: Available Light". charts.nz. charts.nz. Retrieved 22 September 2012.