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| Released | 7 December 2008 | |||
| Genre | Folk, pop | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Mike Mogis | |||
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The Horse EP is an EP by British singer-songwriter Alessi's Ark. It was her first release for Virgin and featured re-recorded versions of two songs from her debut release, the Bedroom Bound EP, "The Horse" and "Let's Race" and two new tracks, "Neighbour's Birds" and "Patchwork Of Dreams". [1] Jake Bellows of Neva Dinova provides guest vocals on lead track "The Horse". [2]
All songs written by Alessi Laurent-Marke
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