Songs We Should Have Written

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Songs We Should Have Written
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 20, 2004
RecordedVibromonk Studios, Brooklyn, New York
Genre Indie rock
Length45:12
Label Jetset
Producer Tod Ashley, Tamir Muskat
Firewater chronology
The Man on the Burning Tightrope
(2003)
Songs We Should Have Written
(2004)
The Golden Hour
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media 7.0/10 [2]
Stylus Magazine B− [3]

Songs We Should Have Written is a cover album by Firewater, released in 2004 through Jetset Records. [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artist (date)Length
1."The Beat Goes On" Sonny Bono Sonny & Cher (1967)4:01
2."This Town" Lee Hazlewood Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (1967)4:09
3."Diamonds & Gold" Tom Waits Tom Waits (1985)3:52
4."Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash Johnny Cash (1955)4:56
5."Storm Warning" Duke Reid, Lynn Taitt Lynn Taitt & The Boys (1966)3:00
6."Hey Bulldog" John Lennon The Beatles (1969)3:15
7."Some Velvet Morning" Lee Hazlewood Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (1967)4:22
8."This Little Light of Mine"Harry Dixon Loes 3:38
9."Paint It, Black" Jagger/Richards The Rolling Stones (1966)5:51
10."Is That All There Is?" Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Peggy Lee (1969)4:11
11."I Often Dream of Trains" Robyn Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock (1984)3:57

Personnel

Firewater
Additional musicians and production

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