You Are My Sunshine (Copeland album)

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You Are My Sunshine
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2008
Length48:08
Label Tooth & Nail
Producer Aaron Sprinkle, Aaron Marsh
Copeland chronology
Dressed Up & In Line
(2007)
You Are My Sunshine
(2008)
Ixora
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net (92%) [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Paste (63/100) [3]

You Are My Sunshine is Florida-based indie rock band Copeland's fourth full-length album. It was released on October 14, 2008. The album marks Copeland's first release on the record label, Tooth & Nail Records. A vinyl version was released on January 27, 2009, followed by a re-release on August 26, 2014.[ citation needed ]

Contents

All tracks are written by Aaron Marsh.

No.TitleLength
1."Should You Return"4:06
2."The Grey Man"4:15
3."Chin Up"3:19
4."Good Morning Fire Eater"4:08
5."To Be Happy Now"3:12
6."The Day I Lost My Voice (The Suitcase Song)"4:40
7."On the Safest Ledge"4:19
8."Not Allowed"3:05
9."Strange and Unprepared"2:50
10."What Do I Know?"3:43
11."Not So Tough Found Out"10:29
LP version bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."What Cannot Be Found (Part 1)"2:07
13."Every Silence"4:02
14."You Are My Sunshine"3:18

The bonus tracks were also made available on the standalone The Grey Man EP, release in 2009.[ citation needed ]

Credits

Music videos

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References

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