Man Descending (album)

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Man Descending
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2008
Genre Alternative country
Label Six Shooter Records
Justin Rutledge chronology
The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park
(2006)
Man Descending
(2008)
The Early Widows
(2010)

Man Descending is the third album by Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge, released April 8, 2008 on Six Shooter Records.

Rutledge has stated to CBC Radio 3 that the album is titled for, and to an extent thematically inspired by, Guy Vanderhaeghe's short story collection Man Descending . [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Justin Rutledge [2] .

No.TitleLength
1."St. Peter"3:36
2."The Wire"5:47
3."A Penny for the Band"5:27
4."This Too Shall Pass"4:04
5."Greenwich Time"4:31
6."San Sebastian"3:46
7."Waterloo"3:56
8."Everyone's in Love"4:28
9."Honey Houses"2:51
10."Alberta Breeze"6:09

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References

  1. "For the Record: Justin Rutledge's Man Descending" [ permanent dead link ], CBC Radio 3, April 16, 2008.
  2. Man Descending > Overview, Allmusic , retrieved April 30, 2010