On Your Side (Magnet album)

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On Your Side
Magnet onyourside.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 28, 2003 (Japan)
June 23, 2003 (Norway)
July 7, 2003 (UK)
September 28, 2004 (US)
Recorded2003: Magnetophonic Mobil; Magnetophonic Labs; Sawmills, Cornwall
Genre Alternative rock
Length49:37
Label Ultimate Dilemma
Filter Recordings (US)
Producer Even Johansen
Magnet chronology
Quiet & Still
(2000)
On Your Side
(2003)
The Tourniquet
(2005)
Professional ratings
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On Your Side is Magnet's second album, first released in Norway in June 2003. It contains a cover of Bob Dylan's Lay Lady Lay featuring Gemma Hayes, which was featured in the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith .

Track listing

  1. "Everything's Perfect" – 3:58
  2. "Last Day of Summer" – 4:41
  3. "Where Happiness Lives" – 3:36
  4. "On Your Side" – 5:26
  5. "The Day We Left Town" – 3:59
  6. "Nothing Hurts Now" – 3:47
  7. "Lay Lady Lay" – 4:37
  8. "Overjoyed" – 4:30
  9. "I'll Come Along" – 4:23
  10. "My Darling Curse" – 4:32
  11. "Smile to the World" – 6:03
US-only bonus tracks
  1. "Chasing Dreams" – 4:22
  2. "Wish Me Well" – 3:09
  3. "Little Miss More or Less" – 3:49

Singles

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