Rarities (Smile Empty Soul album)

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Rarities
Smile Empty Soul Rarities Album Cover.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)
Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge
Label MRAfia
Producer Eddie Wohl, Smile Empty Soul, Marcus, John Lewis Parker, Jake Kilmer, James Murray[ citation needed ]
Smile Empty Soul chronology
Shapeshifter
(2016)
Rarities
(2017)
Oblivion
(2018)

Rarities is the first compilation album by American alternative rock/post-grunge music group Smile Empty Soul. [1] The album has two different versions; 1 digital copy containing eight songs or one CD edition copy containing 13 songs. The album consists of five songs never before released, a handful of others that were only ever leaked out online, two soundtrack songs, a live acoustic version of an old song, and one re-record. [2]

Contents

The album is scheduled to be released on 10 March 2017, [3] in digital download and CD editions. [4]

On 9 March 2017, thirteen songs from the CD edition were streamed via YouTube. [5]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."One at a Time"5:55
2."Something New"3:50
3."Alone"3:47
4."Goodbye"3:16
5."This Is War [Full Band]"4:20
6."Wasted Town"3:19
7."Whats Going Through My Head Right Now"2:17
8."For You [Live-Acoustic]"4:35
CD edition
No.TitleLength
1."One at a Time"5:55
2."Something New"3:50
3."Alone"3:47
4."Goodbye"3:16
5."This Is War [Full Band]"4:20
6."Wasted Town"3:19
7."Whats Going Through My Head Right Now"2:17
8."For You [Live-Acoustic]"4:35
9."Who I am"3:12
10."Finding Myself"3:30
11."Precious Things (Tori Amos cover)"3:29
12."Aneurysm (Nirvana cover)"4:17
13."Possession (Sarah McLachlan cover)"5:30

Personnel

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References

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