The Things We Carry

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The Things We Carry
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Studio album by
Released2006
RecordedMarch 2006
Genre Hardcore punk, youth crew
Length25:56
Label Bridge 9 Records [1]
Have Heart chronology
What Counts EP
(2005)
The Things We Carry
(2006)
You Can't Go Home Again (EP)
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Things We Carry is a studio album by the straight edge hardcore punk band Have Heart. [3] [4] It was released in 2006.

Contents

Critical reception

Las Vegas Weekly called the album "the defining hardcore record of the century so far." [5] Punknews.org wrote that "with undeniably earnest lyrics and a blistering, relentless pace, The Things We Carry sets the standards high for what modern day straight-edge hardcore albums should sound like." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Life Is Hard Enough" – 0:56
  2. "Watch Me Sink" – 3:15
  3. "Armed with a Mind" – 3:14
  4. "About Face" – 2:38
  5. "The Unbreakable" – 2:04
  6. "Old Man II (Last Words and Lessons Learned)" – 2:56
  7. "Song of Shame" – 1:24
  8. "To Us Fools" – 0:23
  9. "Something More Than Ink" – 2:36
  10. "The Machinist" – 3:01
  11. "Watch Me Rise" – 3:29

Personnel

Members
Production

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