So Many Ways to Die

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So Many Ways to Die
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Released2007
Genre Electronic
Label Dark Daddy Records
Theo & the Skyscrapers chronology
Theo and the Skyscrapers
(2006)
So Many Ways to Die
(2007)

So Many Ways to Die is the second album by Theo & the Skyscrapers. [1] It was released July 7, 2007 [2] on the band's label, [3] Dark Daddy Records. [4] The album is a mix of electronic and dark dance. [5]

Track list

  1. "Good Mourning"
  2. "Tease"
  3. "Jealousy Died"
  4. "Ghost"
  5. "City of the Witch"
  6. "So Many Ways to Die"
  7. "Big Britches"
  8. "Those Days"
  9. "Spider"
  10. "Face the Music"
  11. "Already Dead"
  12. "New York"

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References

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  2. "So Many Ways to Die. Theo and the Skyscrapers". AllMusic.
  3. Reviews Alternative Press
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  5. "Theo (X-Lunachicks) and the Skyscrapers are Back with New CD and Tour". 24 June 2007.