Bird Dog | ||||
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Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | Aug 1986-Mar 1987 | |||
Label | Flying Nun Records/Homestead Records | |||
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"Slow Sad Love Song" was the first song Graeme Downes ever wrote, in 1980, inspired by the suicide of a friend.
All songs written by Graeme Downes.
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