Pacific Ocean Blues (album)

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Pacific Ocean Blues
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Studio album by Gigolo Aunts
Released 8 April 2002 (Spain/Japan)
4 February 2003 (US)
Genre Alternative rock, power pop
Label Bittersweet (Spain/Japan)
Q Division (US)
Producer Tracks 1, 4-12: Chris Horvath
Tracks 2, 3, 13: Jon Fields
Gigolo Aunts chronology
Everyone Can Fly (EP)
(1999) Everyone Can Fly (EP)1999
Pacific Ocean Blues
(2002)

Pacific Ocean Blues is the final album by Gigolo Aunts. It was released in 2002 on Bittersweet Recordings in Spain and Japan, and subsequently released in 2003 in the U.S. on Q Division Records. The track, "Lay Your Weary Body Down (Reprise)" from the US version of the album is not listed on the album cover. Both the Spanish and US versions of the CD are housed in digipaks.

Gigolo Aunts are an American power pop band, who were formed in 1981.

Q Division Records is an independent record label located in Somerville, Massachusetts founded in 1995.

Track listing

Spanish Version (Bittersweet Recordings) Catalog Number: BS-010-CD (2002)

  1. "Hello" (Gibbs/Hurley) 1:42
  2. "Mr. Tomorrow" (Gibbs/Hurley) 3:13
  3. "Even Though (The One Before the Last)" (Gibbs/Hurley) 4:30
  4. "Let Go!" (Gibbs/Hurley) 5:11
  5. "Pacific Ocean Blues" (Gibbs/Hurley) 2:24
  6. "Lay Your Weary Body Down" (Gibbs/Hurley) 4:14
  7. "Stay" (Gibbs/Hurley) 3:00
  8. "Only You" (Gibbs/Hurley) 2:13
  9. "Once in Awhile" (Gibbs/Hurley) 3:22
  10. "My Favorite Regret" (Gibbs/Hurley) 3:00
  11. "Maybe the Change Will Do Us Good" (Gibbs/Hurley) 6:29

US Version (Q Division Records) Catalog Number: QDIV1021 (2003)

  1. "Hello" (Gibbs/Hurley) 1:42
  2. "Mr. Tomorrow" (Gibbs/Hurley) 3:13
  3. "Even Though (The One Before the Last)" (Gibbs/Hurley) 4:30
  4. "Let Go!" (Gibbs/Hurley) 5:11
  5. "Pacific Ocean Blues" (Gibbs/Hurley) 2:24
  6. "Lay Your Weary Body Down" (Gibbs/Hurley) 4:14
  7. "Stay" (Gibbs/Hurley) 3:00
  8. "Only You" (Gibbs/Hurley) 2:13
  9. "Once in Awhile" (Gibbs/Hurley) 3:22
  10. "My Favorite Regret" (Gibbs/Hurley) 3:00
  11. "Maybe the Change Will Do Us Good" (Gibbs/Hurley) 6:29
  12. "Lay Your Weary Body Down (Reprise)" (Gibbs Hurley) 1:47
  13. "Long Scattered Daydream" (Gibbs/Hurley) 4:00

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