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| Released | 2 March 2015 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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Brave is the debut studio album by British country music duo The Shires, released in 2015. The album peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart, making the Shires the first ever homegrown British country act to have a top ten album in the United Kingdom. [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Tonight" | Ben Earle, Jack McManus, Chris Young | 3:44 |
| 2. | "Nashville Grey Skies" | Earle | 3:44 |
| 3. | "Brave" | Earle, Elske DeWall | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Friday Night" | Earle, Tobias Lundgren, Tim Larsson, Johan Fransson | 3:08 |
| 5. | "I Just Wanna Love You" | Earle | 3:53 |
| 6. | "All Over Again" | Earle, Chrissie Rhodes | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Jekyll and Hyde" | Earle, Rhodes | 3:09 |
| 8. | "State Lines" | Earle, Lundgren, Larsson, Fransson | 3:52 |
| 9. | "Black and White" | Earle, Twinnie-Lee Moore | 3:41 |
| 10. | "Made in England" | Earle, Rhodes, Dan McDougall | 3:08 |
| 11. | "How Many Love Songs" | Earle | 2:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Only Midnight" | Earle, O'Brien | 3:50 |
| 13. | "Islands in the Stream" (Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton cover) | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | 3:25 |
| 14. | "Drink You Away" | Earle, Rhodes, Kelly Archer | 2:44 |
| 15. | "Young Hearts Run Free" (Candi Staton cover) | Dave Crawford | 3:28 |
Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Brave.
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