Burn Your Town

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Burn Your Town
The Chapman Family Burn Your Town.jpg
Studio album by
Released4 March 2011
Recorded2009–2010
Genre Post-punk, indie rock
Length37:19
Label Electric Toaster
Producer Richard Jackson
Singles from Burn Your Town
  1. "Kids"
    Released: 27 April 2009
  2. "Virgins"
    Released: 26 October 2009
  3. "All Fall"
    Released: 22 September 2010
  4. "Anxiety"
    Released: 10 January 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound C+ [1]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [2]
NME 7/10 [3]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Virgin Group Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Burn Your Town is the only album by the Chapman Family. It was released digitally on 4 March 2011 followed by a physical release on 7 March 2011.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."A Certain Degree"3:30
2."All Fall"2:37
3."Anxiety"3:13
4."Sound of the Radio"3:37
5."1,000 Lies"4:02
6."She Didn't Know"5:05
7."Something I Can't Get Out"3:35
8."Kids"2:57
9."Million Dollars"6:45
10."Virgins (Reprise)"3:58
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Photographs"3:06
12."Anxiety (Acoustic)"3:04
13."Something I Can't Get Out (Acoustic)"2:48

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