Banging Down the Doors

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Banging Down the Doors
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Released2007
Label Minty Fresh
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons chronology
Banging Down the Doors
(2007)
Inside the Human Body
(2008)

Banging Down the Doors is the first officially released album by Ezra Furman & The Harpoons. [1] It was released in 2007. [2] The titles on the album are largely the same as those originally recorded and self-released by the band as Beat Beat Beat, but they were all re-recorded for Banging Down the Doors. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Mother's Day"
  2. "How Long, Diana?"
  3. "I Wanna Be A Sheep"
  4. "I Wanna Be Ignored"
  5. "American Highway"
  6. "God Is A Middle-Aged Woman"
  7. "Hotel Room In Casablanca"
  8. "Halloween Snow"
  9. "The Little Red-Haired Girl"
  10. "My Soul Has Escaped From My Body"
  11. "She's All I Got Left"
  12. "I Dreamed Of Moses"
  13. "Lydia Sherman"

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References

  1. 1 2 "EZ-RA! Is there anywhere I can buy / listen to Beat Beat Beat? The only thing I can find is the version of "I Wanna be Ignored". Which is awesome! Yet I still thirst". ezrafurman.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  2. "Ezra Furman & The Harpoons – Banging Down The Doors". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-02-12.