High Expectations/Low Results

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High Expectations/Low Results
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)
Genre
Length57:57
Label Friendly Fire
Faunts chronology
High Expectations/Low Results
(2005)
M4
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
PopMatters 5/10 [2]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

High Expectations/Low Results is the debut album by Canadian electronic rock band Faunts. It was released on October 18, 2005 on Friendly Fire Recordings. The album had been recorded independently years earlier, but was not widely distributed until the band was signed to Friendly Fire.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."High Expectations"3:55
2."Instantly Loved"5:46
3."Memories of Places We've Never Been"4:09
4."Place I've Found"5:24
5."Parler de la Pluie et du Beau Temps"5:49
6."Will You Tell Me Then"6:37
7."Twenty-Three"8:58
8."Gone with the Day"12:55
9."Low Results"4:24
Total length:57:57

Personnel

Faunts
Additional personnel
Production

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References

  1. High Expectations/Low Results at AllMusic
  2. Kevin Jagernauth. "Faunts: High Expectations/Low Results | PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  3. Grigsby. "Faunts - High Expectations/Low Results | Music Review | Tiny Mix Tapes". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved August 9, 2013.