| Steel City Trawler | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 31, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, country | |||
| Label | Six Shooter | |||
| Producer | Luke Doucet | |||
| Luke Doucet chronology | ||||
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Steel City Trawler is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Luke Doucet, released August 31, 2010 on Six Shooter Records. [1] The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Monkeys" | |
| 2. | "Thinking People" | |
| 3. | "Hey Now" | |
| 4. | "The Ballad of Ian Curtis" | |
| 5. | "You Gotta Get It" | |
| 6. | "Magpie" | |
| 7. | "Sundown" | |
| 8. | "Dirty Dirty Blonde" | |
| 9. | "Love and a Steady Hand" | |
| 10. | "Dusted" | |
| 11. | "Some of You Folks" |
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