Bridges Worth Burning

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Bridges Worth Burning
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 6, 2002
RecordedDecember 2001
Genre Emo
Length39:56
Label Barsuk Records
Producer John Goodmanson
Kind of Like Spitting chronology
$100 Room
(2000)
Bridges Worth Burning
(2002)
Live in Seattle
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork 6.0/10 [2]

Bridges Worth Burning is an album by the band Kind of Like Spitting. It was released on August 6, 2002 on Barsuk Records. [3]

Contents

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie contributed drums, piano, and backing vocals on this album. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Passionate" – 3:53
  2. "We Are Both Writers" – 2:50
  3. "Born Beautiful" – 2:19
  4. "He Calls Me" – 3:48
  5. "Following Days" – 1:49
  6. "I Want Out" – 5:03
  7. "Canaries" – 2:26
  8. "Tyco Racing Set and a Christmas Story Fifteen Times" – 5:14
  9. "This Lemonade Is Terrible" – 1:49
  10. "Crossover Potential" – 2:59
  11. "Continental" – 6:55
  12. "Untitled" – 0:51

Album design by Ian Lynam.

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References

  1. "Bridges Worth Burning - Kind of Like Spitting | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. 1 2 Tangari, Joe. "Kind of Like Spitting: Bridges Worth Burning". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. Schneyer, Jeremy (2002-09-10). "Kind of Like Spitting: Bridges Worth Burning". PopMatters. Retrieved 2020-03-22.