Little Sparks

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Little Sparks
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Studio album by
Released2012 (Ireland)
Genre Alternative rock, indie
Label Cottage Records/DeloRecords
Delorentos chronology
You Can Make Sound
(2009)
Little Sparks
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Little Sparks is the third album by Delorentos released in 2012.

Contents

Further details

This album won "Irish Album Of The Year" at the 2013 Meteor awards.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Delorentos

No.TitleLength
1."Did we ever really try?" 
2."Bullet in a Gun" 
3."Care For" 
4."Petardu" 
5."Right to Know" 
6."Little Sparks" 
7."Waited for you so long" 
8."Pace Yourself" 
9."Give it up now" 
10."The stream" 
11."Swimmer" 
12."Witness in the dark" 

Chart performance

ChartPeak
position
Irish Albums Chart 10

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