| Don't Mention the War | ||||
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| Released | 23 October 2006 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 37:17 | |||
| Label | Bzangy | |||
| Producer | Jyoti Mishra | |||
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Don't Mention the War is the fourth studio album by British indie pop musical project White Town, released in 2006 through Bzangy Records. The title is a dual reference to "The Germans", an episode of the English sitcom Fawlty Towers , and to the Iraq War. [1]
All tracks are written by Jyoti Mishra.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Make the World Go Away" | 3:32 |
| 2. | "A New Surprise" | 2:28 |
| 3. | "Somewhere Blue" | 3:23 |
| 4. | "I Was Trotsky's Nun" | 2:39 |
| 5. | "These Are the MPs" | 3:46 |
| 6. | "Hold It In" | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Death in Kettering" | 2:49 |
| 8. | "Fanfare for Emma Goldman" | 1:14 |
| 9. | "Whenever I Say Hello" | 4:19 |
| 10. | "Theme for a BBC Natural History Series Presented by Richard Dawkins" | 2:10 |
| 11. | "The Straight-Edge Atheists' Hymn" | 3:17 |
| 12. | "Sabrina, Won't You Help Us Out?" | 3:59 |
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