Do Whatever Turns You On

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Do Whatever Turns You On
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Studio album by
Released3 July 2006
Genre Indie pop
Length41:40
Label Rough Trade
Producer Calum Malcolm
Aberfeldy chronology
Young Forever
(2004)
Do Whatever Turns You On
(2006)
Somewhere To Jump From
(2010)
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Do Whatever Turns You On is the second album from Scottish indie band Aberfeldy. The album was released in July 2006, two years after the band's first album Young Forever . [2]

Track listing

  1. "Someone Like You"
  2. "Hypnotised"
  3. "There You Go"
  4. "Up Tight"
  5. "All True Trendies"
  6. "Poetry"
  7. "1970s"
  8. "Never Give Up"
  9. "Need to Know"
  10. "Whatever Turns You On"
  11. "Let Down"
  12. "Turn Me Towards the Light"

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References

  1. Do Whatever Turns You On - Aberfeldy | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic at AllMusic
  2. Les inrockuptibles Issues 553-561 -2006 - Page 61 "Riley Briggs, chanteur d'Aberfeldy, a été déconneur-en- chef d'un groupe spécialisé dans les reprises de Devo. ... Du coup, Do Whatever Turns You on sort du studio un rien endimanché, godiche et anachronique."