Dirty Words

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Dirty Words
The Departure-Dirty Words.jpg
Studio album by
Released13 June 2005
Recorded2004–2005
Genre Indie rock
Length41:40
Label Parlophone
Producer Steve Osborne, The Departure, Tom Stubbs, Cenzo Townsend
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC (Positive) [1]
contactmusic.com(Positive) [2]
PopMatters (8/10) [3]
Stylus Magazine(F) [4]

Dirty Words is the debut album by British indie rock band the Departure, released in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2005.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by David Jones, Sam Harvey, Ben Winton, Lee Irons, and Andy Hobson.

  1. "Just Like TV" – 4:42
  2. "Talkshow" – 3:06
  3. "Only Human" – 3:30
  4. "All Mapped Out" – 3:01
  5. "Arms Around Me" – 4:21
  6. "Lump in My Throat" – 3:20
  7. "Don't Come Any Closer" – 3:28
  8. "Changing Pilots" – 3:57
  9. "Be My Enemy" – 3:24
  10. "Time" – 4:25
  11. "Dirty Words" – 3:26

Bonus tracks

  1. "The City Blurs Your Eyes" (Japan only bonus track, released in the UK as the B-side to the "Lump in My Throat" single)
  2. "This New Craze" (Japan only bonus track, released in the UK as the B-side to the "All Mapped Out" reissue single)

Release details

The album has been released in various countries. At this time it is only available in North America via import.

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
Japan1 June 2005 Toshiba-EMI CD TOCP 66400
United Kingdom13 June 2005 Parlophone LP 7243 4 74953 1 1
CD7243 4 74953 2 8
Australia11 July 2005 Capitol Records CD330 5912

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