Lover/Fighter

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Lover/Fighter
Hawksley workman - lover fighter2.jpg
Studio album by
Hawksley Workman
ReleasedSeptember 2003
Genre Indie rock
Length53:40
Label Universal Music Canada
Producer Hawksley Workman
Hawksley Workman chronology
Almost a Full Moon
(2002)
Lover/Fighter
(2003)
Before We Were Security Guards
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Lover/Fighter is an album by Canadian artist Hawksley Workman, released in 2003. The album debuted at #33 on the Canadian Albums Chart. [2]

Contents

Track list disc: 1

  1. "We Will Still Need a Song" – 3:50
  2. "Even An Ugly Man" – 4:46
  3. "Wonderful and Sad" – 3:51
  4. "Anger as Beauty" – 5:43
  5. "No Reason to Cry Out Your Eyes (On the Highway Tonight)" – 3:16
  6. "Tonight Romanticize the Automobile" – 4:29
  7. "The Future Language of Slaves" – 6:19
  8. "Smoke Baby" – 6:08
  9. "Autumn's Here" – 4:59
  10. "Ilfracombe" – 5:06 (Bonus Track)
  11. "Addicted" – 5:13 (Bonus Track)
  12. "A Knife in the Country (Edit)" – 4:46
    • European Bonus Track Only
  13. "Lust" – 8:22
    • European Bonus Track Only
  14. "Where It Used to Snow" – 3:17
    • European Bonus Track Only

Track list disc: 2

  1. "Jealous of Your Cigarette" (Video - live)
  2. "Your Beauty Must be Rubbing Off" (Video - live)
  3. "The Making of Lover/Fighter" (Video)

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References

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