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Writer's Block

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Disc 1 of 2
01
Writers Block
0:16
02
Objects Of My Affection
4:35
03
Young Folks
4:39
04
Amsterdam
3:37
05
Start To Melt
2:15
06
Up Against The Wall
7:06
07
Paris 2004
3:52
08
Let's Call It Off
4:08
09
The Chills
3:50
10
Roll The Credits
6:31
11
Poor Cow
4:45
Disc 2 of 2
01
Young Folks (Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation)
6:30
02
Young Folks (Diplo Remix)
6:09
03
Let's Call It Off (Jeans Team)
6:41
04
Let's Call It Off (Black Eyes Remix)
3:19
05
Ancient Curse (B-side)
3:24
06
Self Pity (B-side)
4:16
07
Let's Call It Off (Single Mix)
3:39
08
Objects of My Affection (Single Mix)
4:08
09
The Chills (Live at Roskilde 2007)
7:20
10
Paris 2004 (Live at Roskilde 2007)
5:21
11
Objects of My Affection (Live at Roskilde 2007)
5:42
Album Information

Total Tracks: 22   Total Length: 102:03

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It's fixed

joe.berry

Young Folks is fixed now...

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Track 3 broken/skip

robm_ie

As previous poster stated. There is an irritating skip on "Young Folks". Tried downloading again still same problem.

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broken track 3

suomynona

mh. "Young Folks" is broken. at 1:30 the time is skipping. the strange thing about this is, that in my opinion this is the best track on the album, and emusic does is not responding to my request... mh :/

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Way to go, eMusic!

jetter

This is the deluxe edition (only available in the US as an import) that has a second disc of remixes, b-sides, and live songs. These tracks aren't even available in the iTunes US store! To clarify, the tracklisting for disc 2 is: 1. Young Folks (Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation) // 2. Young Folks (Diplo Remix) // 3) Let's Call It Off (Jeans Team) // 4. Let's Call It Off (Black Eyes Remix) // 5. Ancient Curse (B-side) // 6. Self Pity (B-side) // 7. Let's Call It Off (Single Mix) // 8. Objects of My Affection (Single Mix) // 9. The Chills (Live at Roskilde 2007) // 10. Paris 2004 (Live at Roskilde 2007) // 11. Objects of My Affection (Live at Roskilde 2007) If you own the US CD, take a look at your tracklist before downloading these bonus songs - you may already have Ancient Curse and LCIO (Single Mix). If that's the case, skip these and get LCIO from the 1st disc, which is different. I hope this helps!

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Incorrectly Titled LP

anorak

I have not listened to this but looking at the photo of the cover it appears to be by Peter, Bjorn & John and is not a various artists album!!!

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