You Brainstorm, I Brainstorm, but Brilliance Needs a Good Editor

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Released2005
Recorded2005
Genre Indie rock
Length21:33
Label Favorite Gentlemen
Producer Andy Hull
Manchester Orchestra chronology
Nobody Sings Anymore
(2005)
You Brainstorm, I Brainstorm But Brilliance Needs a Good Editor
(2005)
I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child
(2006)

You Brainstorm, I Brainstorm, but Brilliance Needs a Good Editor is the second extended play (EP) by American rock band Manchester Orchestra, released through Favorite Gentlemen Recordings in 2005.

Contents

Favorite Gentlemen made the EP available for purchase through the band's merchandising website. [1]

On March 26, 2016, a partial image of a vinyl pressing of the EP was posted on lead singer & principle songwriter Andy Hull's Instagram. [2]

This vinyl pressing was not made available for purchase until November 23, 2016 (the night of Manchester Orchestra's seventh-annual Thanksgiving-eve concert at the Center Stage Music Complex in Atlanta, GA). [3] The limited edition EP featured white vinyl with all five tracks on side A, and an etched image of the album artwork on side B. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Procession"3:27
2."Alice and Interiors"4:59
3."Slow to Learn"2:40
4."I'd Rather Have"4:33
5."Play It Again, Sam! You Don't Have Any Feathers"5:54

Notes

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