Year of the Rabbit (album)

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Year of the Rabbit
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Studio album by Year of the Rabbit
Released July 15, 2003
Recorded 2003 at Red Swan Studios
Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge
Length42:07
Label Elektra
Producer Ken Andrews
Year of the Rabbit chronology
Hunted
(2003)
Year of the Rabbit
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Year of the Rabbit is the only full-length album from Year of the Rabbit, Ken Andrews' second post-Failure project. A tour accompanied the album in the remainder of 2003.

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Track listing

All songs composed by Ken Andrews except where noted.

  1. "Rabbit Hole" – 2:33
  2. "Lie Down" – 4:09
  3. "Last Defense" – 3:29
  4. "Strange Eyes" – 4:32 (Ken Andrews, Dow, Garber, Snyder)
  5. "Absent Stars" – 3:12
  6. "Vaporize" – 4:03
  7. "Let It Go" – 4:14
  8. "Hunted" – 4:36
  9. "River" – 3:12
  10. "Hold Me Up" – 3:14
  11. "Say Goodbye" – 5:00 (Ken Andrews, Garber)

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