Trading Twilight for Daylight

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Trading Twilight For Daylight
Great northern-trading twilight for daylight.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 15, 2007
Genre Indie pop, indie rock
Length43:24
Label Eenie Meenie
Producer Mathias Schneeberger
Great Northern chronology
Trading Twilight For Daylight
(2007)
Sleepy Eepee
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net 71% [1]
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IGN Music 7.2/10 [3]
Stylus magazine C+ [4]

Trading Twilight for Daylight is the first full-length album from the American band Great Northern. It was recorded in Mathias Schneeberger's "Donner & Blitzen" studio in Arcadia, California.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Our Bleeding Hearts"3:46
2."Just a Dream"5:44
3."Home"3:49
4."Telling Lies"3:37
5."Low Is a Height"5:15
6."City of Sleep"4:40
7."A Sun a Sound"3:59
8."Into the Sun"4:23
9."The Middle"3:09
10."Babies"5:02
Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Winter"2:00
12."Loose Ends"4:19
13."This Is a Problem"4:41
14."Summertime"4:57
15."Radio"3:03
16."Shakey"3:51

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