Sharpen Up the Knives

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Sharpen Up the Knives
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Compilation album by
Released19 October 2009 [1]
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock
Length64:09
Label Caserta Red Records
Producer Various
Puressence chronology
Don't Forget to Remember
(2007)
Sharpen Up the Knives
(2009)
Solid State Recital
(2011)

Sharpen Up the Knives is a compilation album by the English alternative rock band Puressence. The album's track listing consists mostly of tracks from their Island period, with some unreleased tracks including Che which singer James Mudriczki recorded for a Judy Collins tribute album. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "This Feeling" – 3:03
  2. "Standing in Your Shadow" – 5:15
  3. "All I Want" – 3:11
  4. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" – 3:59
  5. "How Does it Feel" – 3:07
  6. "She's Gotten Over You" – 3:36
  7. "Raise Me to the Ground" – 5:54
  8. "Walking Dead" – 3:24
  9. "Street Lights" – 3:23
  10. "I Suppose" – 4:15
  11. "Sharpen Up the Knives" – 4:06
  12. "Never be the Same Again" – 3:51
  13. "India" – 6:04
  14. "Our Number's Oracle" – 6:19
  15. "Che" – 4:42

Personnel

Musicians

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References

  1. "Puressence – Sharpen Up the Knives". Discogs. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. Wright, Jade (7 May 2013). "Puressence speak ahead of their gig at the Stanley Theatre". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 26 July 2016.