Something Simple

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Something Simple
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Studio album by
Released2008
Length42:45
Label Majeski Media
Producer Alex Gibson
Stuart Davis chronology
What?
(2006)
Something Simple
(2008)

Something Simple is Stuart Davis' fourteenth studio album which was released in 2008. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Track listing

  1. "Already Free"
  2. "The River"
  3. "Deity Freak"
  4. "Wand"
  5. "Twisted Mystery"
  6. "Fear of Light"
  7. "Nothing In Between"
  8. "Sugar Bullets"
  9. "Sky God"
  10. "Universe Communion"
  11. "Miracle"
  12. "White Plum"

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References

  1. "Something Simple - Stuart Davis - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
  2. "Something Simple" (PDF). Review in Tone Audio Magazine Edition 15 2008 page 25 Retrieved 2016-6-29
  3. "Stuart Davis: Something Simple, Review at Pop Matters" . Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  4. "Local rocker Stuart Davis launches a multimedia assault Colorado Daily" . Retrieved 2016-06-30.