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| Released | April 10, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | Sonic Unyon | |||
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People Are Different is an album by Canadian indie rock band Wooden Stars, released in 2007 on Sonic Unyon. It is the band's first new album since 1999's Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars .
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