Trampoline (Steel Train album)

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Trampoline
Steel Train - Trampoline - Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 16, 2007
Genre Folk rock
Length52:42
Label Drive-Thru
Producer Mark Trombino
Steel Train chronology
Twilight Tales from the Prairies of the Sun
(2005)
Trampoline
(2007)
Steel Train
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly Favorable [3]
Forest Lake Times Favorable [4]
Ink 19Favorable [5]

Trampoline is the second studio album released by Steel Train.

Contents

Release

Between July and September 2007, the band supported the Format on their headlining US tour. [6] "Firecracker" and "Alone on the Sea" were posted on the band's Myspace page on October 8, 2007. [7] Trampoline was released on October 16, 2007. In January and February 2008, the band went on a headlining east coast tour, with Person L, Paper Rival and American Babies. [8] During each date of the tour, the band performed Trampoline in its entirety, with an encore of older material. [9] In March And April, the band supported The Starting Line on their headlining US tour. [10] Also in April, the band appeared at the Bamboozle Left festival. [11] From late May to early July, the band went on tour with the Spill Canvas, Ludo, Sing It Loud and Liam and Me. [12] In October and November, the band went on a headlining tour of the US with support from Forgive Durden and Dear and the Headlights. [13]

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Antonoff.

  1. "I Feel Weird" – 3:02
  2. "Black Eye" – 4:22
  3. "Kill Monsters in the Rain" – 3:58
  4. "Dakota" – 3:55
  5. "Alone on the Sea" – 7:08
  6. "Firecracker" – 3:27
  7. "A Magazine" – 5:12
  8. "Diamonds in the Sky" – 4:06
  9. "Leave You Traveling" – 3:47
  10. "I've Let You Go" – 3:47
  11. "School Is for Losers" – 3:43
  12. "Women I Belong To" – 6:20 (includes hidden track "Say No to the Devil")

Personnel

Steel Train

Additional musicians

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