Boo! Human

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Boo! Human
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 20, 2008
Genre Indie rock
Label Polyvinyl [1]
Joan of Arc chronology
Eventually, All at Once
(2006)
Boo! Human
(2008)
Flowers
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 71/100 [2]
Review scores
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Boo! Human is an album by Joan of Arc, released in 2008 on Polyvinyl Records. [5] In May and June 2008, the band promoted it with a cross-country US tour with 31Knots. [6] [7] A music video was released for "A Tell-Tale Penis" on August 8, 2008, directed by Christopher Perkowitz-Colvard. [8]

Track listing

  1. "Shown and Told" – 3:22
  2. "Laughter Reflected Back" – 2:44
  3. "Just Pack or Unpack" – 5:09
  4. "9/11 2" – 1:19
  5. "A Tell-Tale Penis" – 3:50
  6. "Everywhere I Go" – 1:23
  7. "Vine on a Wire" – 4:57
  8. "Insects Don't Eat Bananas" – 1:50
  9. "Lying and Cheating Mind" – 0:25
  10. "If There Was a Time #1" – 3:29
  11. "The Surrender #1" – 3:14
  12. "If There Was a Time #2" – 3:57
  13. "The Surrender #2" – 4:50
  14. "So-and-So" – 3:12

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