Good Arrows

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Good Arrows
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 27, 2007
Recorded2006
Genre Folktronica [1]
Length42:54
Label Full Time Hobby FTH040
Thrill Jockey
Producer Mike Lindsay
Tunng chronology
Comments of the Inner Chorus
(2006)
Good Arrows
(2007)
...And Then We Saw Land
(2010)
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Good Arrows is the English band Tunng's third album, released in August 2007 on Full Time Hobby in the UK and Thrill Jockey in the U.S. and Canada.

Contents

A limited edition version of the album was also released which contained two extra tracks: "Wood" and "Clump".

Track listing

  1. "Take" (Sam Genders, Tunng) – 3:24
  2. "Bricks" (Genders, Tunng) – 4:19
  3. "Hands" (Genders, Tunng) – 3:40
  4. "Bullets" (Genders, Tunng) – 5:58
  5. "Soup" (Mike Lindsay, Tunng) – 3:32
  6. "Spoons" (Lindsay, Tunng) – 1:58
  7. "King" (Ben Bickerton, Tunng) – 3:06
  8. "Arms" (Genders, Tunng) – 5:16
  9. "Secrets" (Genders, Lindsay, Tunng) – 3:31
  10. "String" (Genders, Becky Jacobs, Tunng) – 2:44
  11. "Cans" (Genders, Phil Winter, Tunng) – 5:26
  12. "Wood" [extra track on limited CD] – 4:46
  13. "Clump" [extra track on limited CD] – 4:31

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References

  1. Gill, Andy (14 June 2013). "Album review: Tunng, Turbines (Full Time Hobby)". The Independent . Retrieved 9 October 2016.