The Great Despiser

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The Great Despiser
Joe Pug Great Despiser Album Cover.png
Studio album by
Released2012
Genre Folk rock
Label Lightning Rod Records
Joe Pug chronology
Live at Lincoln Hall
(2011)
The Great Despiser
(2012)
Windfall
(2015)

The Great Despiser is Joe Pug's second studio album. The album's opening track, "Hymn #76," was selected by American Songwriter magazine as one of the Top 50 Songs of 2012. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hymn #76" – 3:37
  2. "Those Thankless Years" – 3:05
  3. "The Great Despiser" – 4:05
  4. "A Gentle Few" – 3:53
  5. "Ours" – 4:03
  6. "Silver Harps and Violins" – 4:13
  7. "Stronger Than The World" – 3:16
  8. "One of Many" – 3:09
  9. "Neither Do I Need A Witness" – 3:26
  10. "The Servant's Ace" – 3:11
  11. "Deep Dark Wells" – 2:51

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References

  1. Deusner, Stephen. "American Songwriter's Top 50 Songs of 2012". American Songwriter. Retrieved 12 April 2014.