Ballet the Boxer 1

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Ballet the Boxer 1
OURS Ballet the Boxer 1.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 11, 2013 (2013-06-11)
Genre Alternative rock
Label Cage Recording Company
Producer Jimmy Gnecco
Ours chronology
Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy)
(2008)
Ballet the Boxer 1
(2013)
New Age Heroine II
(2018)

Ballet the Boxer 1 is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Ours, released on June 11, 2013 by Cage Recording Company. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Ours released a music video for the song "Devil," which featured the final filmed performance by actor David Carradine and was directed by Michael Maxxis.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Pretty Pain" (5:11)
  2. "Emergency" (2:29)
  3. "Coming For You" (4:01)
  4. "Devil" (4:24)
  5. "Been Down" (5:54)
  6. "Stand" (3:49)
  7. "Boxer" (4:33)
  8. "Sing" (3:20)
  9. "Get Em Out" (3:13)
  10. "Fall into My Hands" (6:11)

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