Grace and the Bigger Picture

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Grace and the Bigger Picture
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Studio album by
Released26 October 2009
Recorded2008–2009
Genre Post-punk, indie rock, garage punk
Length41:48
Label Best Before Records
Producer Alex Newport
Johnny Foreigner chronology
Waited Up 'til It Was Light
(2008)
Grace and the Bigger Picture
(2009)
Johnny Foreigner vs Everything
(2011)
Singles from Grace and the Bigger Picture
  1. "Feels Like Summer"
    Released: 24 June 2009
  2. "Criminals"
    Released: 12 October 2009
  3. "Every Cloakroom Ever"
    Released: Early 2010
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Grace and the Bigger Picture is the second album by British band Johnny Foreigner and was released on Best Before Records worldwide on 26 October 2009. The album was recorded at Futureshock Studios in Brooklyn and produced by Alex Newport (assisted by Chris Tabron and Brenden Beu) in early 2009. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Johnny Foreigner.

No.TitleLength
1."Choose Yr Side and Shut Up!"1:51
2."Security to the Promenade"2:40
3."Ghost the Festivals"2:26
4."Feels Like Summer"1:56
5."I'llchoosemysideandshutup, Alright"1:34
6."Criminals"3:24
7."Custom Scenes and the Parties That Make Them"2:59
8."More Heart, Less Tongue"2:52
9."Kingston Called, They Want Their Lost Youth Back"1:02
10."He Awoke on a Beach in Aberystwyth"2:56
11."(Graces)"0:39
12."Dark Harbourzz"2:01
13."Every Cloakroom Ever"2:15
14."More Tongue, Less Heart"1:43
15."The Coast Was Always Clear" (includes hidden track "(Close..)")11:31

Personnel

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References

  1. Drowned in Sound review
  2. NME review
  3. "de beste bron van informatie over johnnyforeignerband". johnnyforeignerband.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2012.