| Howl of the Lonely Crowd | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 23 May 2011 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 42:09 | |||
| Label |  Fortuna Pop!  What's Your Rupture? [1] | |||
| Producer | Ryan Jarman, Edwyn Collins [2] | |||
| Comet Gain chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10 [4] |
Howl of the Lonely Crowd is an album by British indie pop band Comet Gain. [5] It was the band's first album to be released via the Fortuna Pop! record label. [6]
All tracks written by David Christian except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Clang of the Concrete Swans" | 5:05 | |
| 2. | "The Weekend Dreams" | David Christian, Nicolas Ray | 3:07 |
| 3. | "An Arcade from the Warm Rain That Falls" | 2:56 | |
| 4. | "She Had Daydreams" | 2:02 | |
| 5. | "Working Circle Explosive!" | 3:44 | |
| 6. | "Yoona Baines" | 2:08 | |
| 7. | "Herbert Huncke, Pt.2" | 4:01 | |
| 8. | "After Midnight, After It's All Gone Wrong" | 5:50 | |
| 9. | "A Memorial for Nobody I Know" | 2:07 | |
| 10. | "Ballad of Frankie Machine" | 3:05 | |
| 11. | "Some of Us Don't Want to Be Saved" | 4:31 | |
| 12. | "Thee Ecstatic Library" | 2:03 | |
| 13. | "In a Lonely Place" | Christian, Ray | 1:30 |
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