- indie rock
- 48 min
- 12 tracks
- Island
I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose is the first album by the London indie rock band, Bombay Bicycle Club released on 3 July 2009. The band announced the title through MySpace and their official website on 31 March 2009. The album was recorded during October and November 2008, with the long-term producer Jim Abbiss. The title comes from a line in the song "After Hours" by A Tribe Called Quest, from their 1990 album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Emergency Contraception Blues1:27
- 2Lamplight3:45
- 3Evening/Morning2:52
- 4Dust on the Ground4:24
- 5Ghost3:57
- 6Always Like This4:06
- 7Magnet4:51
- 8Cancel on Me5:29
- 9Autumn3:35
- 10The Hill3:57
- 11What If4:10
- 12The Giantess5:17
12 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bombay Bicycle Club
- Label
- Island
- Released
- June 7, 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Enhanced CD
- Country
- GB
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