| Brighter Than Sunlight | ||||
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| Released | August 20, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 52:40 | |||
| Label | Independent | |||
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Brighter Than Sunlight is the third full-length album from the band, Ellison, released for digital download in 2012. [1] Ellison worked on Brighter Than Sunlight for over three years, finally releasing it four years after their last album, Color of Compassion , was released. [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hearts Grow Old" | Josh Hill, Ian Bolender, Kent Landvatter, Stefan Wright | 4:10 |
| 2. | "We’ve Got Each Other" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Pascal" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Our Love Doesn’t Need a Holiday" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Brighter Than Sunlight" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 4:46 |
| 6. | "Big Citi(E)s" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 3:22 |
| 7. | "The Law of Intertia" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Keeping Me Company" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 5:08 |
| 9. | "Forget California" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 4:17 |
| 10. | "Shorelines (OBX)" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 2:45 |
| 11. | "Everyone (Bonus Track)" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 5:31 |
| 12. | "Big Citi(E)s (Acoustic)" | Hill, Bolender, Landvatter, Wright | 3:20 |
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