Idols of Exile

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Idols of Exile
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Released2005
Genre Indie
Label Arts & Crafts
Producer Howie Beck
Jason Collett chronology
Motor Motel Love Songs
(2002)
Idols of Exile
(2005)
Here's to Being Here
(2008)
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Idols of Exile is a 2005 album by Jason Collett. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Fire" - with Amy Millan
  2. "Hangover Days" - with Emily Haines
  3. "Brownie Hawkeye"
  4. "We All Lose One Another"
  5. "Parry Sound"
  6. "I'll Bring the Sun"
  7. "Tinsel and Sawdust"
  8. "Feral Republic"
  9. "Pavement Puddle Stars"
  10. "Almost Summer"
  11. "Pink Night"
  12. "These Are the Days"

Personnel

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