There Be Squabbles Ahead

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There Be Squabbles Ahead
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 3, 2006 (US)
RecordedPolymorph Recording, Oakland, California
Genre Avant-garde metal, progressive metal, alternative metal, dance-rock, experimental rock
Length47:06
Label The End Records
No Comment Records
Producer Dan Rathbun
Stolen Babies
Stolen Babies chronology
There Be Squabbles Ahead
(2006)
Naught
(2012)
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There Be Squabbles Ahead is the first full-length album from Stolen Babies.

Contents

The album has received almost unanimously positive reviews, and has helped to expand their fanbase massively.

Track listing

All songs written by Dominique Lenore Persi and Rani Sharone, except where noted.

  1. "Spill!" – 3:21
  2. "Awful Fall" – 3:44
  3. "Filistata" – 3:17
  4. "A Year of Judges" – 3:20
  5. "So Close" – 4:21
  6. "Tablescrap" – 3:54
  7. "Swint? or Slude?" (Sharone) – 2:16
  8. "Mind Your Eyes" – 4:04
  9. "Lifeless" – 5:56
  10. "Tall Tales" – 3:41
  11. "Push Button" – 4:07
  12. "Gathering Fingers" – 5:20
  13. "The Button Has Been Pushed" – 1:45

Info

Notes

"It all started with the word "Interlude," the song's original title. Interlude...Int er lude...Swint er Slude...Swint or Slude...Swint or Slude?...there ya go... the metamorphosis of the word interlude. Loosely inspired by a Jeopardy category."

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