The Fire Theft (album)

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The Fire Theft
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2003
Genre Progressive rock, hard rock, art rock
Length58:44
Label Rykodisc
Producer
The Fire Theft chronology
The Fire Theft
(2003)
Hands on You EP
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 63/100
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Pitchfork Media 5.0/10

The Fire Theft is the debut and only studio album by American rock band The Fire Theft. This album was released September 23, 2003, through the independent record label Rykodisc. In September 2019, the service Run Out Groove made a poll on their site to test demand for vinyl reissues of their catalog, with one of the choices being The Fire Theft. [1] The album won out, and was subsequently remastered and reissued with new artwork.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Uncle Mountain"  – 4:03
  2. "Waste Time Segue"  – 1:02
  3. "Oceans Apart"  – 4:15
  4. "Chain"  – 3:43
  5. "Backwards Blues"  – 2:46
  6. "Summertime"  – 4:01
  7. "Houses"  – 3:14
  8. "Waste Time"  – 4:15
  9. "Heaven"  – 4:12
  10. "Rubber Bands"  – 4:01
  11. "It's Over"  – 4:01
  12. "Carry You"  – 4:22
  13. "Sinatra"  – 14:49

Chart positions

Album

YearChartPosition
2003Top Heatseekers11[ citation needed ]
2003Top Independent Albums12[ citation needed ]
2003The Billboard 200198[ citation needed ]

Personnel

The Band

Orchestra

Production

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References

  1. "THE FIRE THEFT – Past Titles". shop.runoutgroovevinyl.com. Retrieved 2019-10-09.