Calling Albany

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Calling Albany
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2002
Genre Indie rock
Label Kindercore [1]
Vermont chronology
Mark Mallman and Vermont
(2001)
Calling Albany
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork 2.7/10 [3]
Under the Radar 3/10 [4]

Calling Albany is the second and final studio album by Vermont. It was released on January 22, 2002, on Kindercore Records. [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Dan Didier, Chris Rosenau and Davey vonBohlen

  1. "Bells of Saint Alcohol" – 2:46
  2. "Chlorine Chlorine" – 2:53
  3. "Ballad of Larry Bird" – 3:58
  4. "*" – 5:41
  5. "Where the Wild Drums Are" – 2:52
  6. "Hello_Goodbye Sex" – 3:23
  7. "Screw-on Shoes" – 3:21
  8. "Kill an Hour" – 2:48
  9. "Arrest Harrison Ford!" – 2:40
  10. "The World Doesn't Ask You" – 3:39
  11. "Commodores 64" – 1:30
  12. "I'd Be Happy as the World Turning Around You" – 3:14

Personnel

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