Purgatory (The Tossers album)

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Purgatory
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 2003
Genre Celtic punk
Length1:08:49
Label Thick Records
The Tossers chronology
Communication & Conviction: Last Seven Years
(2001)
Purgatory
(2003)
The Valley of the Shadow of Death
(2005)
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Purgatory is Chicago Celtic punk band The Tossers fourth studio album. It was released in 2003 on Thick Records and was their last album with the label.

Track listing

  1. "With the North Wind/Here We Go Again" – 3:46
  2. "The Ballad of the Thoughtful Rover" – 3:52
  3. "Nantucket Girls Song" – 3:29
  4. "Come Dancing" – 2:13
  5. "Caoin (Lament)" – 3:34
  6. "The Squall" – 4:25
  7. "Chicago" – 6:51
  8. "Monday Morning" – 3:37
  9. "First League Out from Land" – 3:23
  10. "Minutes on a Screen" – 5:38
  11. "Purgatory" – 5:14
  12. "Time to Go" – 4:08
  13. "Memory" – 4:11
  14. "Faraway" – 5:24
  15. "Ni Thabharfaidh Siad Pingin Duit" – 0:57
  16. "Going Away" – 8:07



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