Common Struggles

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Common Struggles
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Studio album by Single File
Released April 7, 2009
Genre Emo pop, powerpop, pop punk, alternative rock
Label Reprise
Producer Howard Benson
Single File chronology
No More Sadface
(2007)
Common Struggles
(2009)
Professional ratings
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Common Struggles is the debut and only album released by the Denver, Colorado-based rock band Single File. It was released on April 7, 2009 through Reprise Records. [2] The first radio single from the album is "Girlfriends" released in March 2009. [3]

Single File was a band from Westminster, Colorado. After achieving local success, the band was signed to Reprise Records in 2006.

Reprise Records American record label

Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Warner Bros. Records, one of its flagship labels.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Mannequin Loveseat" – 3:17
  2. "Don't Hate" – 3:13
  3. "Girlfriends" – 3:02
  4. "Airports" – 3:33
  5. "Pizzagirl" – 2:56
  6. "Miss Cherry Lipgloss" – 3:05
  7. "Melody Of You" – 2:43
  8. "Blue Sky Happiness" – 3:23
  9. "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" – 3:01
  10. "Dear Meghan" – 3:13
  11. "Benson Shady Grove (Save Yourself)" – 3:04

Personnel

Howard Benson is an American music producer and multi-instrumentalist. Benson was nominated for the Producer of the Year Grammy Award in 2007 and 2008.

Tom Lord-Alge is an American music engineer and mixer. Having began his career at The Hit Factory in New York. Subsequently, TLA was the resident mixer at what used to be known as: "South Beach Studios" located on the ground floor of the Marlin Hotel. Lord-Alge mixed Live's 2014 album Turned in Pennsylvania.

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References

  1. allmusic review
  2. "Single File - Common Struggles" Archived 2009-06-09 at the Wayback Machine .MusicRemedy.com. Retrieved on February 26, 2009.
  3. "Single File To Release Debut Full-length Album Via Reprise Records" Plug In Music. Retrieved on February 26, 2009.