The Difference Between Houses and Homes

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The Difference Between Houses and Homes: Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001
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Compilation album by
Released2005
Genre Emo, post-hardcore, indie rock
Length39:13
Label Saddle Creek
Producer A.J. Mogis and Mike Mogis
Cursive chronology
The Ugly Organ
(2003)
The Difference Between Houses and Homes: Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001
(2005)
Happy Hollow
(2006)
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The Difference Between Houses and Homes (2005) is a compilation by American indie band Cursive of some of their early material. It is subtitled Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001. This compilation features songs from The Icebreaker 7", The Disruption 7", Sucker and Dry 7", and the split between Cursive and Small Brown Bike.

Contents

This album is the 70th release of Saddle Creek Records.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dispenser"3:09
2."Pivotal"2:48
3."Sucker & Dry"3:07
4."Icebreakers"4:48
5."And the Bit Just Chokes Them"4:53
6."There's a Coldest Day in Every Year"2:26
7."A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Things"2:52
8."Nostalgia"3:26
9."The Knowledgeable Hasbeens"3:02
10."Polar"5:40
11."A Disruption in Our Lines of Influence"2:23
12."I Thought There'd Be More Than This"2:39

Personnel: Tracks 1-7 and 9-12

Personnel: Track 8

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