Sometimes (City and Colour album)

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Sometimes
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 2005
Recorded20042005
Genre Acoustic, folk
Length44:37
Label Dine Alone
Producer
City and Colour chronology
Missing
(2004)
Sometimes
(2005)
Live
(2007)
Singles from Sometimes
  1. "Save Your Scissors"
    Released: 2005
  2. "Comin' Home"
    Released: 2006
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Sometimes is the debut solo album by City and Colour, a side project of Dallas Green, a guitarist and singer for the band Alexisonfire. At first, the majority of these songs were only available at live shows or over the Internet through Peer-to-peer services. However, due to high demand, the songs were compiled onto a studio album and released through Dine Alone Records. "Comin' Home" was the only song on the album to not have been previously available. The album was awarded Alternative Album of the Year at the 2007 Juno Awards. [3]

Contents

Sometimes was re-released on Vagrant Records on January 13, 2009, which was first time the album was available in physical form in the US.

Despite the album's relatively limited initial commercial success, it received widespread critical acclaim in its native Canada where it was certified gold in March 2006. [4]

Background

Sometimes was co-produced by Green and Julius Butty; Butty engineer most of the songs, while four of them were engineered by Larry Thompson at Green's friend's house. Butty mixed the album before it was mastered by Brett Zilhali at Joao Carvalho Mastering. [5]

Track listing

Track listing per booklet. [5]

No.TitleLength
1."....Off by Heart"1:51
2."Like Knives"4:30
3."Hello, I'm in Delaware"5:45
4."Save Your Scissors"4:48
5."In the Water I Am Beautiful"2:47
6."Day Old Hate"6:44
7."Sam Malone"4:51
8."Comin' Home"5:05
9."Casey's Song"3:27
10."Sometimes (I Wish)"6:00
Total length:44:37

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. [5]

City and Colour

Production

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References

  1. Mr_Ian (2006-07-11). "City and Colour - Sometimes". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  2. Spinelli, Tom (2007-12-06). "Melodic Net Review: City And Colour - Sometimes". Melodic. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
  3. "Artist Summary: City and Colour". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  4. "Gold & Platinum Certification – March 2006". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  5. 1 2 3 Sometimes (booklet). City and Colour. Hassle/Dine Alone/Bedlam Society. 2005. HOFF011CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)