Hobo (Billy Bob Thornton album)

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Hobo
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2005
Recorded2005
Genre Country rock [1]
Label Big Deal
Producer Billy Bob Thornton, Matt Laug, Randy Mitchell
Billy Bob Thornton chronology
The Edge of the World
(2003)
Hobo
(2005)
Beautiful Door
(2007)
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Hobo is the third album by American actor and singer-songwriter Billy Bob Thornton. It was released by Big Deal Records in 2005.

Contents

The song "Your Blue Shadow" was originally featured on his album Private Radio .

Track listing

  1. "Hobo"
  2. "I Used to Be a Lion"
  3. "The Late Great Golden State"
  4. "El Centro on Five Dollars a Day"
  5. "Purple Passion"
  6. "Your Blue Shadow"
  7. "Orange County Suicide"
  8. "Smooth Me Over"
  9. "At Least We Dreamed"
  10. "Gray Walls"

Trivia

During the filming of his movie The Astronaut Farmer in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Thornton held a "One stop publicity tour" (his words) for the movie and the album.

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References

  1. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Hobo Review by Thom Jurek". AllMusic . Retrieved July 19, 2023.