Three Flights from Alto Nido

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Three Flights from Alto Nido
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 8, 2008
RecordedDog's Bark Studio, Santa Ana; Greg's studio, San Diego
Genre Indie rock
Length42:05
Label Vanguard
Producer Greg Laswell
Greg Laswell chronology
Through Toledo
(2006)
Three Flights from Alto Nido
(2008)
Take a Bow
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic (not rated) [1]
The Music BoxStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
PopMatters (5/10) [3]
Popwreckoning(positive) [4]

Three Flights from Alto Nido is the third studio album by San Diego, California-based singer-songwriter Greg Laswell. It was released through Vanguard Records on July 8, 2008. The song "Comes and Goes (In Waves)" was featured in the promotional trailer and soundtrack for the HBO film Taking Chance in early 2009, [5] as well as an episode of True Blood in October 2008. "How the Day Sounds" featured in an episode of 90210 , "Sweet Dream" featured in an episode of Dollhouse and "And Then You" featured in an episode of Grey's Anatomy in September 2008.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Greg Laswell.

  1. "That It Moves" – 3:54
  2. "The One I Love" – 2:35
  3. "It's Been a Year" – 3:12
  4. "Comes and Goes (In Waves)" – 4:13
  5. "How the Day Sounds" – 4:49
  6. "Sweet Dream" – 1:07
  7. "Days Go On" – 3:15
  8. "I'd Be Lying" – 4:45
  9. "Farewell" – 3:56
  10. "And Then You" – 3:29
  11. "Not Out" – 3:32
Bonus track
  1. "That It Moves" (GarageBand Demo) – 3:18

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