Here's to Being Here

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Here's to Being Here
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ReleasedFebruary 5, 2008
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Label Arts & Crafts
Producer Howie Beck
Jason Collett chronology
Idols of Exile
(2005)
Here's to Being Here
(2008)
Rat a Tat Tat
(2010)
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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]

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

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

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.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)