Breaking (album)

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Breaking
Brian Larsen Breaking.jpg
Studio album by Brian Larsen
Released August 4, 2009
Recorded 2007–2009
Genre Rock
Length48:57
Label Protocol Records
Producer Brian Larsen
Brian Larsen chronology
In the Meantime
(2007)
Breaking
(2009)
Building
(2011)

Breaking is the eighth [1] full-length album by American musician Brian Larsen, first released in August 2009 [2] (see 2009 in music) and the first released under Larsen's own name. The album was produced, written, and performed in its entirety by Larsen. [3]

Brian Larsen American musician and record producer

Brian Larsen is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and record producer. Larsen has released ten albums, eight under the name "Twilight's Moon" and two under his own name, 2009's Breaking and 2012's Building. In late 2012, it was announced that Larsen's eleventh album would be titled Being and is to be released in September 2018.

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Stay or Break" – 3:59
  2. "Gotta Get You" – 3:26
  3. "Frozen" – 3:13
  4. "Running Out of Breath" – 3:26
  5. "Breaking" – 4:23
  6. "Hold Me Down" – 4:41
  7. "Hang On" – 3:51
  8. "Watching The World Go By" – 4:10
  9. "Stand My Ground" – 3:24
  10. "Open Heart" – 3:39
  11. "Watching You Fall" – 3:32
  12. "Will You Remember Me?" – 3:07
  13. "In The Winter" – 4:09 [4]

Personnel

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References

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