Bright Examples

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Bright Examples
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Studio album by
Released22 February 2011
Recorded2011
Genre Folk, americana
Length40:40
Label Ninth Street Opus
Producer Andy Cabic, Thom Monahan
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion chronology
Go Waggaloo
(2009)
Bright Examples
(2011)

Bright Examples is the fifth studio album by husband and wife duo Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. Their previous album Go Waggaloo was recorded for children, so Bright Examples is their first release in the folk and Americana genre. The collaborative project features producers Andy Cabic (lead singer-songwriter in the band Vetiver) and Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver).

Track listing

All songs by Johnny Irion except "Seven Sisters" and "Butterflies" by Sarah Lee Guthrie.

Bright Examples track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Ahead of Myself"3:11
2."Never Far From Hear"3:00
3."Speed of Light"2:49
4."Seven Sisters"3:05
5."Target on Your Heart"3:31
6."Hurry Up and Wait"4:16
7."Dupont Circle"3:01
8."Butterflies"3:55
9."First Snow"2:58
10."Cry Quieter"3:19
11."Company I'm Keepin"3:08
12."Bright Examples"4:27

Personnel

Technical personnel

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