My Old, Familiar Friend

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My Old, Familiar Friend
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 18, 2009
Recorded Nashville, TN and London, England
Genre Rock
Length40:25
Label ATO Records
Producer Dave Sardy, Gil Norton
Brendan Benson chronology
The Alternative to Love
(2005)
My Old, Familiar Friend
(2009)
What Kind of World
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 72/100 [1]
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Paste Magazine (7.4/10) [5]
Pitchfork Media (7.0/10) [6]
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My Old, Familiar Friend is the fourth album by American musician Brendan Benson, released on August 18, 2009. The first single, "A Whole Lot Better," was released on the same day. The album debuted at No. 110 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums in the US.

Contents

My Old, Familiar Friend was recorded in 2007, in between Benson's work on Broken Boy Soldiers and Consolers of the Lonely , as a member of The Raconteurs.

Track listing

All songs written by Brendan Benson, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Whole Lot Better" 3:23
2."Eyes on the Horizon"Benson, Andrew Higley3:54
3."Garbage Day" 3:21
4."Gonowhere" 3:47
5."Feel Like Taking You Home"Benson, Dean Fertita 3:33
6."You Make a Fool Out of Me" 3:31
7."Poised and Ready" 3:11
8."Don't Wanna Talk" 3:48
9."Misery" 3:53
10."Lesson Learned" 4:29
11."Borrow"Benson, Higley3:38

iTunes bonus track

No.TitleLength
12."I'll Never Tell"3:14

Limited edition

No.TitleLength
12."New Words of Wisdom"2:59
13."I'll Never Tell"3:14

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