We Were Young (album)

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We Were Young
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Studio album by
Released Flag of the United States.svg February 3, 2009
Recorded 20082009
Genre Alternative rock, piano rock

We Were Young is the debut solo album by Jonathan Jones, the singer and songwriter for the bands Waking Ashland and We Shot the Moon. The CD was first released to various websites and iTunes on February 3, 2009. [1] Jones stated that physical copies of the CD will be available "this fall when [he] does a solo tour". [2]

Track listing

  1. Simple Prayer*
  2. You Don't Need Me
  3. The Stills
  4. For Better Or Worse
  5. Passenger
  6. Pass Me By
  7. Autumn
  8. Like A Kid
  9. Advance and Retreat
  10. The Well
  11. Glass Windows
  12. Mister Paranoia
  13. My Favorite Color
  14. Settle Down
  15. Welcome Home

An asterisk (*) represents that the song also appears on the sampler for the We Shot the Moon album, A Silver Lining Sampler.

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References

  1. "We Were Young at Christian Sonic" . Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  2. "Jonathan Jones Update on Youtube" . Retrieved 2009-08-20.[ dead YouTube link ]