Mother's Daughter and Other Songs

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Mother's Daughter and Other Songs
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2005
Genre Folktronica [1]
Length39:44
Label Static Caravan VAN88
Producer Mike Lindsay, Sam Genders
Tunng chronology
Mother's Daughter and Other Songs
(2005)
Comments of the Inner Chorus
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (6.5/10) [4]

Mother's Daughter and Other Songs is the debut album by Tunng, released in 2005. [5] The track "Tale from Black" featured at number 37 in the 2004 Festive Fifty.

Track listing

  1. "Mother's Daughter" – 3:24
  2. "People Folk" – 4:09
  3. "Out the Window with the Window" – 3:20
  4. "Beautiful and Light" – 4:11
  5. "Tale from Black" – 5:35
  6. "Song of the Sea" – 3:54
  7. "Kinky Vans" – 5:11
  8. "Fair Doreen" – 1:43
  9. "Code Breaker" – 3:09
  10. "Surprise Me 44" – 5:08

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