Pete Yorn (album)

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Pete Yorn
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2010
Genre Rock
Length42:20
Label Vagrant
Producer Black Francis
Pete Yorn chronology
Break Up
(2009)
Pete Yorn
(2010)
ArrangingTime
(2016)

Pete Yorn, also titled as PY, is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Pete Yorn, released by Vagrant Records on September 28, 2010. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Reception

The album debuted at No. 66 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, [7] with around 6,000 copies sold on its first week of release. It also debuted at No. 22 on the Billboard's Rock Albums chart, [8] and No. 15 on the Alternative Albums charts. [9] The album has sold 28,000 copies in the US as of January 2016. [10]

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Yorn, except "Wheels", written by Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons.

  1. "Precious Stone" – 3:26
  2. "Rock Crowd" – 4:48
  3. "Velcro Shoes" – 3:50
  4. "Paradise Cove I" – 4:07
  5. "Badman" – 3:13
  6. "The Chase" – 4:04
  7. "Sans Fear" – 4:17
  8. "Always" – 3:27
  9. "Stronger Than" – 3:39
  10. "Future Life" – 4:11
  11. "Wheels" – 3:18
Bonus track
  1. "Favorite Song" – 2:40

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 66
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 13
US Top Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [9] 15
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [8] 22

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