The Brick Album

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The Brick Album
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 2011
Genre Newgrass
Length55:20
Label Darling Street Records
Producer Justin Niebank
The Greencards chronology
Fascination
(2009)
The Brick Album
(2011)
Sweetheart of the Sun
(2013)

The Brick Album is the fifth studio album by The Greencards.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Make It Out West" Kym Warner, Bill Whitbeck5:33
2."Faded"Carey Ott, Warner4:10
3."Naked On the River"John O'Brien4:42
4."Heart Fever" Jedd Hughes, Warner, Carol Young 3:49
5."Mrs. Madness"Warner3:49
6."Adelaide"Ross Holmes, Warner2:53
7."Here Lies John"O'Brien3:25
8."Girl in the Telescope"Hughes, Warner, Young3:47
9."Said and Done"Michael Logen, Warner5:56
10."Far From an Only Child"Kai Welch, Warner2:47
11."Tale of Kangario"Todd Lombardo, Warner3:32
12."Loving You Is the Only Way to Fly" Sarah Buxton, Rodney Crowell, Hughes3:17
13."Tale of Kangario" (reprise)Lombardo, Warner3:32

Chart performance

Chart (2011)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums [1] 8

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References

  1. "Chart listing for The Brick Album". Billboard . Retrieved July 1, 2011.