| Les Shelleys | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by Les Shelleys | |
| Released | 2010 |
| Recorded | 2010 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Label | FatCat Records |
| Producer | Les Shelleys |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Gaffa | [2] |
Les Shelleys was an American folk duo consisting of Tom Brosseau and Angela Correa. Both members of the duo had performed folk music independently before forming the duo in 2010. [3] They released one studio album of the same name that year. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" | Lockhart, Seitz | 1:39 |
| 2. | "The Late John Garfield Blues" | Prine | 2:28 |
| 3. | "Green Door" | Davie, Moore | 1:38 |
| 4. | "Cocktails for Two" | Johnston, Coslow | 2:32 |
| 5. | "The Band Played On" | Palmer, Ward | 2:19 |
| 6. | "Rum and Coca-Cola" | Sullavan, Amsterdam, Girlando | 2:38 |
| 7. | "Billy" | Dylan | 2:59 |
| 8. | "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" | Dylan | 3:15 |
| 9. | "Oh Babe, It Aint No Lie" | Cotten | 3:03 |
| 10. | "Pastures of Plenty" | Guthrie | 3:32 |
| 11. | "Deep Purple" | Parish, DeRose | 1:59 |
| 12. | "Wheel of Fortune" | Benjamin, Weiss | 2:55 |
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