Walls (An Horse album)

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Walls
An Horse Walls Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released26 April 2011
Recorded2010
Studio The Armoury Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre Indie pop
Indie rock
Length40:16
Label Mom + Pop Music
Producer Howard Redekopp [1]
An Horse studio albums chronology
Rearrange Beds
(2009)
Walls
(2011)
Modern Air
(2019)
Professional ratings
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Walls [5] is the second studio album by the Australian pop and rock duo An Horse. The album was recorded at The Armoury Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2010 [6] and was released on 26 April 2011 by Mom + Pop Music. The thirteen songs in the album are "Dressed Sharply", "Not Mine", "Airport Death", "Know This, We've Noticed", "Trains and Tracks", "Brain on a Table", "100 Whales", "Walls" (the same name of the album), "Leave Me", "Windows in the City", "Swallow the Sea", "Tiny Skeletons" and "New Ways".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dressed Sharply"3:31
2."Not Mine"3:01
3."Airport Death"2:20
4."Know This, We've Noticed"3:47
5."Trains and Tracks"2:54
6."Walls"3:37
7."Brain on a Table"3:41
8."100 Whales"3:34
9."Leave Me"2:37
10."Windows in the City"2:56
11."Swallow the Sea"3:22
12."Tiny Skeletons"3:11
13."New Ways"1:48
Total length:40:16

Personnel

An Horse

Production

Additional personnel

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