My Name Up in Lights

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My Name Up in Lights
The Secret Handshake My Name Up In Lights Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 21, 2009
RecordedDecember 2008
Genre Indie, electronica
Label Triple Crown Records
Producer Luis Dubuc
The Secret Handshake chronology
One Full Year
(2007)
My Name Up in Lights
(2009)
Night & Day
(2010)

My Name Up in Lights is The Secret Handshake's third full-length studio album. It was released on April 29, 2009 on Triple Crown Records. Luis Dubuc began writing songs for My Name Up in Lights immediately after he finished One Full Year and eventually ended with 60 songs to choose from for his follow-up album. [1] Dubuc wrote, played, recorded, programmed and produced the whole record himself in his home studio. [2]

Contents

The album reached #17 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart [3] and #45 on the Independent Albums chart. [4]

Track listing

  1. "All for You"
  2. "TGIF"
  3. "Nothing Can Change That"
  4. "Little Song"
  5. "What's Wrong"
  6. "Saturday"
  7. "Make Up Your Mind"
  8. "Hey Girl"
  9. "Brand New Love"
  10. "Last Song"

iTunes bonus tracks:

  1. "Better Off Alone" (Alice DeeJay cover)
  2. "Make Up Your Mind" (Remix feat. Random Impulse)

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References

  1. The Secret Handshake on last.fm. Retrieved May 11, 2009
  2. The Secret Handshake on last.fm. Retrieved May 11, 2009
  3. Charts, Billboard.com
  4. Charts, Billboard.com