I Guess I Was Hoping For Something More

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I Guess I Was Hoping for Something More
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Studio album by
Released1998
Genre Indie rock
Length58:23
Label Barcelona
Tarkio chronology
Falleness
(1997)
I Guess I Was Hoping for Something More
(1998)
Sea Songs For Landlocked Sailors
(1999)

I Guess I Was Hoping for Something More is an album by Montana band Tarkio, released under the Barcelona Records label. Every track on the album was re-released by Kill Rock Stars as a part of the 2006 Tarkio collection Omnibus.

The title of the album is part of a lyric from the track "Kickaround".

Track listing

  1. "Keeping Me Awake" – 5:42
  2. "Caroline Avenue" - 5:31
  3. "Neapolitan Bridesmaid" - 2:37
  4. "Save Yourself" - 4:57
  5. "Better Half" - 3:55
  6. "Eva Luna" - 6:02
  7. "Kickaround" - 5:18
  8. "If I Had More Time" - 3:35
  9. "Sister Nebraska" - 4:20
  10. "Helena Won't Get Stoned" - 3:53
  11. "Your Own Kind" - 5:13
  12. "Candle" - 7:20

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