Trying to Kiss the Sun

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Trying To Kiss the Sun
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 02, 2002 (July 02, 2002)
RecordedFarmlands Studios, 2001
Genre Progressive rock
Length59:34
Label Tempus Fugit
Producer Yogi Lang
RPWL chronology
God Has Failed
(2000)
Trying To Kiss the Sun
(2002)
World Through My Eyes
(2005)
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Trying to Kiss the Sun is a studio album by the German progressive rock band RPWL, released in 2002. It is the band's second studio album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Trying to Kiss the Sun (3:45)
  2. Waiting for a Smile (7:04)
  3. I Don't Know (What It's Like) (4:32)
  4. Sugar for the Ape (5:03)
  5. Side by Side (8:35)
  6. You (6:49)
  7. Tell Me Why (5:08)
  8. Believe Me (5:14)
  9. Sunday Morning (4:29)
  10. Home Again (8:52)

Personnel

Extra personnel

Production

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