I Never Even Asked for Light

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I Never Even Asked for Light
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 21, 1997
Genre Indie rock
Length51:42
Label Bar/None
Lullaby for the Working Class chronology
Blanket Warm
(1996)
I Never Even Asked for Light
(1997)
Song
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork 9.6/10 [1]

I Never Even Asked for Light is the second studio album by Lullaby for the Working Class. It was released October 21, 1997 on Bar/None Records. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Untitled"
  2. "Show Me How the Robots Dance"
  3. "Irish Wake"
  4. "Jester's Siren"
  5. "Hypnotist (Song for Daniel H.)"
  6. "In Honor of My Stumbling"
  7. "This Is As Close As We Get"
  8. "The Sunset & The Electric Bill"
  9. "Bread Crumbs"
  10. "Descent"
  11. "The Man Vs. the Tide (Part 1)"
  12. "The Man Vs. the Tide (Part 2)"
  13. "The Man Vs. the Tide (Part 3)"

Personnel

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