Everything's Getting Older

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Everything's Getting Older
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Studio album by
Released26 April 2011 (2011-04-26)
Recorded2011
Length39:17
Label Chemikal Underground
Producer Aidan Moffat, Paul Savage, Bill Wells

Everything's Getting Older is an album by Scottish musicians Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat. Mojo placed the album at number 17 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011". [1] On 19 June 2012 the album won the inaugural Scottish Album of the Year Award, beating artists such as Mogwai, Happy Particles and Remember Remember to the £20,000 prize. [2]

Track listing

  1. Tasogare 1:58
  2. Let's Stop Here 4:19
  3. Cages 2:25
  4. A Short Song to the Moon 1:03
  5. Ballad of the Bastard 2:42
  6. The Copper Top 5:22
  7. Glasgow Jubilee 3:57
  8. (If You) Keep Me in Your Heart 3:24
  9. Dinner Time 4:07
  10. The Sadness in Your Life Will Slowly Fade 3:17
  11. The Greatest Story Ever Told 4:19
  12. And So Must We Rest 2:24

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References

  1. "MOJO's Top 50 Albums Of 2011". Stereogum. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. "Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat win Scottish Album of the Year". BBC. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.