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Released | November 6, 2007 |
Genre | Soft rock |
Label | Columbia |
Back Country is a live album released by Five for Fighting on November 6, 2007. The album was recorded at a concert in Orlando, where he performed hits like "Superman (It's Not Easy)" and "100 Years".
Back Country is the first live album to be released by Five for Fighting and it comes over a year after the release of Two Lights .
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