Here's to Being Here

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Here's to Being Here
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Studio album by
Jason Collett
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2008
Genre Indie rock
Alternative country
Label Arts & Crafts
Producer Howie Beck
Jason Collett chronology
Idols of Exile
(2005)		Here's to Being Here
(2008)		 Rat a Tat Tat
(2010)
Professional ratings
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Pitchfork Media (7.4/10) [2]

Here's to Being Here is the fourth solo album by Jason Collett of Broken Social Scene. The album was released on February 5, 2008 on Arts & Crafts. [3]

Jason Collett Canadian musician

Jason Collett is a Toronto-based Canadian singer-songwriter. He has released four solo albums, and is a member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, Song & Dance Man, was released in February, 2016.

Broken Social Scene Canadian art rock band

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Produced by Howie Beck, the album features guest musicians Andrew Whiteman, Tony Scherr and Liam O'Neil of The Stills. [4]

Howie Beck is a Canadian musician mixer and producer based in Toronto. He has been nominated for three JUNO awards in Canada on three occasions for Adult Alternative album, Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year (2017).

Andrew Whiteman Canadian musician

David Andrew Patrick Whiteman is a Canadian musician and songwriter. Forming the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in Toronto out of high school, he eventually left the band in 1993 after eight years. Whiteman went on to record Fear of Zen in 1995 with the band Que Vida! Whiteman fronts the band Apostle of Hustle with bassist Julian Brown and drummer Dean Stone.

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Tony Scherr is an American jazz and folk rock bassist, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer.

In promotion of the album, the label released two songs, "Out of Time" and "Charlyn, Angel of Kensington", in MP3 format.

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Track listing

  1. "Roll On Oblivion"
  2. "Sorry Lori"
  3. "Out of Time"
  4. "Papercut Hearts"
  5. "Henry's Song"
  6. "Charlyn, Angel of Kensington"
  7. "No Redemption Song"
  8. "Through the Night These Days"
  9. "Nothing to Lose"
  10. "Not Over You"
  11. "Somehow"
  12. "Waiting for the World"

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ↑ Arts & Crafts Archived 2010-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Dillon, Moya (2007-11-06). "Broken Social Scenester Jason Collett announces solo album release date". chartattack.com . Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
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