| Furnished Souls for Rent | ||||
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| Released | October 31, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 56:47 | |||
| Label | Polygram International | |||
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Furnished Souls for Rent is the second and final album released by Mourning Widows, a band led by former Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt.
All lyrics written by Nuno Bettencourt. All music written by Nuno Bettencourt, except where noted.
Other songs that were demos considered for the album were "N.O.Y.B.", "The Police", "Home Division", "SOS (Save Our Souls)" and "Unhappy Birthday", which ended up on the next album from Population 1. [2]
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Love is the second and final studio album from DramaGods, a project led by guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. Bettencourt is most remembered for being the guitarist in the band Extreme. Originally conceived as a double-album entitled "Love/Hate", the songs were combined into one album. It is not known what happened to the rest of the songs from these recording sessions, if they were ever fully recorded and produced, or just left as demos.
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