Broken Girl

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Broken Girl
JulieDoiron-BrokenGirl.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1996
RecordedAugust 1993 ("August 10"),
November 1994 ("Soon, Coming Closer"),
April 26-29, 1995
Studio
Genre Indie rock
Length27:30
Label Sub Pop
Sappy Records [1]
Producer Dave Draves, Rick White (mixing)
Julie Doiron chronology
Broken Girl
(1996)
Loneliest in the Morning
(1997)

Broken Girl is the debut album by Julie Doiron, released in 1996. [2] [3] The album can be considered eponymous, in that Broken Girl was also the stage name Doiron adopted for the album. [4] All of her subsequent albums, however, have been released under her own name.

Track listing

  1. "Dance Music" - 2:16
  2. "Elevator Show" - 2:20
  3. "Crumble" - 1:33
  4. "Soon, Coming Closer" - 3:04
  5. "August 10" - 2:56
  6. "Taller Beauty" - 2:00
  7. "Grammy" - 2:20
  8. "Grew Smaller" - 2:21
  9. "Happy Lucky Girl" - 1:53
  10. "Sorry Story" - 1:54
  11. "So Low" - 2:55
  12. "Waiting for Baby" - 1:58

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