Take Me to the Sea

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Take Me to the Sea
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2008
Recorded2008
Genre Art punk
Length42:26
Label Matador Records
Producer J. Clark
Jaguar Love chronology
Jaguar Love EP
(2008)
Take Me to the Sea
(2008)
Hologram Jams
(2010)
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Take Me to the Sea is the first full-length release from Jaguar Love. [2] It was released on August 19, 2008, by Matador Records. [3] The album leaked onto the internet on July 15, 2008. It was their last album to feature drummer J. Clark.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Highways of Gold - 3:39
  2. Bats over the Pacific Ocean - 3:44
  3. Jaguar Pirates - 4:31
  4. Georgia - 5:56
  5. Vagabond Ballroom - 3:51
  6. Humans Evolve into Skyscrapers - 3:50
  7. Antoine and Birdskull - 3:43
  8. Bone Trees and a Broken Heart - 3:38
  9. The Man with the Plastic Suns - 4:31
  10. My Organ Sounds Like... - 5:09

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References

  1. "musik angehört". WOM magazine (in German). World of Music (September 8): 24.
  2. Jaguar Love's Myspace
  3. Matador Records