Blue Moon (Sofia Talvik album)

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Blue Moon
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Studio album by
Released26 January 2005
Genre
Length38:09
Label Makaki Music
Producer Sofia Talvik
Sofia Talvik chronology
Blue Moon
(2005)
Street of Dreams
(2007)

Blue Moon is the debut studio album by Swedish folk musician Sofia Talvik. [1] [2] Released in 2005, the album took 40 hours to record, [3] and received mostly positive reviews. [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Blue Moon"3:05
2."Ghosts"2:54
3."Stop"3:14
4."Tonight"2:48
5."Blue Highway"3:00
6."Cars"3:20
7."When Winter Comes"3:16
8."Beautiful Naked"2:55
9."Borderlines"2:24
10."Odyssey"2:49
11."Untradeable"4:19
12."She's Leaving"4:05
Total length:38:09

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References

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