I first started writing songs and performing them publically when I was a senior in high school back in 1975. Since then, at one time or another, it's been a career ambition, a serious hobby, a form of therapy, just plain fun, or some combination of these things. Now it's something I do mainly for pleasure, self-expression and to help supplement my income as a T'ai-Chi teacher. During the period between 1987 and 1996 I did a lot of performing and recording in Seattle, mostly with my friend and musical partner Victor Cummings. Below are some albums from that period as well as many newer ones.
You can buy my CD's by clicking the "Purchase" links below ($12.00 each, shipping and handling included), or you can download .mp3's of any or all of my songs on a DONATION BASIS.
I've decided to return to my folk roots and make all of my music as freely available as possible and see what comes freely back. Just click on "Play or Download Songs" for any of the albums below and follow the instructions. You'll be able to listen to, or download, as many songs as you want. It's simple. Donate whatever you feel the music is worth to you or whatever you can afford. NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL (or too big!). Donate now. Donate later. Donate anytime. Just click on the "DIGITAL TIP JAR" below. You can scroll down this page and look at each album as you go, or click here for a simpler and easier to use album menu. All or most of my albums are also available at CD Baby and iTunes.
If you like what you hear, take as much as you want and donate what you can. Sharing with your friends is fine by me, just encourage them to visit my site and make a donation if they like the music. I'm more interested in finding an audience than in making a fortune. These are simple recordings but they still cost plenty to make. I really appreciate your support and encouragement and every little bit helps.
Send me an email letting me know you enjoy what I'm doing! Honestly, it makes a difference! If you are interested in CD copies of any of my older albums not listed below, please email me at mail@geneburnett.com.
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Gene Burnett
549 B Street #3
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Why Start Now? - This is my second album of 2012 and the 28th to be posted here on GeneBurnett.com! This song collection contains 15 new songs. Consider it a catalogue to choose from. As usual, download whatever you want and feel free to leave a donation. Much of the money I make from music goes to music related expenses. Things like studio time, supplies, repairs, copyright fees, and the cost of making my music available through digital distributers like CD Baby and iTunes. So if the music does anything for you, please consider dropping a coin into my cup. Even small tips make my day.
Song Titles:1. Get Over Yourself 2. Why Start Now?* 3. Old Fishing Hat* 4. Multitude* 5. You Don't Have To Hide Your Sins* 6. I Don't Know (What I'm Doing) 7. Slow Down~Don't Hurry 8. Let Me In 9. I Wish 10. I'll Do The Dishes Tonight 11. Closer To You 12. Don't Stop 13. Tie Your Shoes 14. Love Doesn't Listen 15. Little Secret
*Contains adult language Cover photo by Marcus Scott |
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Where I Belong - This is my first album of 2012 and the 27th to be posted here on GeneBurnett.com! This song collection contains 15 songs. Consider it a catalogue to choose from. As usual, download whatever you want and feel free to leave a donation. The money I make from music goes mostly to music related expenses. Things like studio time, supplies, repairs, copyright fees, and the cost of making my music available through digital distributers like CD Baby and iTunes. So if the music does anything for you, please consider dropping a coin into my cup. Even small tips make my day.
Song Titles: 1. Where I Belong 2. To You* 3. Let It Spin 4. At The Time 5. These Things 6. Row Row Row 7. This Old Man* 8. The Last In Line* 9. No Song In The World 10. Quit That Job* 11. Play Day 12. Fuck You Up* 13. Bittersweet 14. Grown Up Little Girls 15. Do It All Again
*Contains adult language Cover photo by Brennan Aitken-Gantz |
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Have A Wonderful Miserable Life - This is my second album of 2011 and the 26th to be posted here on GeneBurnett.com! This song collection contains 15 songs. Consider it a catalogue to choose from. As usual, download whatever you want and feel free to leave a donation. The money I make from music goes mostly to music related expenses. Things like studio time, supplies, repairs, copyright fees, and the cost of making my music available through digital distributers like CD Baby and iTunes. So if the music does anything for you, please consider dropping a coin into my cup. Even small tips make my day.
Song Titles: 1. Have A Wonderful Miserable Life 2. The Fight Out Of Me 3. Free Slave 4. One Joint At A Time 5. It Wasn't The Wine 6.Hearing It Like It Was (2011) 7. Honey Glazed Iguana* 8. Pretty City Deer 9. Something Funky 10. Soft On Drugs* 11. When I Fuck This Up* 12. You Know 13. Come To My Senses 14. If There Was A Wall (2011) 15. Make Something Beautiful
*Contains adult language Cover photo by Brennan Aitken-Gantz |
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Too Busy To Worry - This is my first album of 2011 and the 25th to be posted here on GeneBurnett.com! This song collection contains 17 songs. Consider it a catalogue to choose from. As usual, download whatever you want and feel free to leave a donation. The money I make from music goes mostly to music related expenses. Things like studio time, supplies, repairs, copyright fees, and the cost of making my music available through digital distributers like CD Baby and iTunes. So if the music does anything for you, please consider dropping a coin into my cup. Even small tips make my day.
Song Titles: 1. All Wisdom Does Not Agree 2. Already Blue 3. No Hit Wonder* 4. Too Busy To Worry (For Jeremy Hickman) 5. I'm So Married 6. Fuck Me Up* 7. Not That Far Away 8. A Piece Of Cake 9. Methadone 10. Deal Me In 11. Shut Up And Play 12. Nothing's Lost 13. Everybody Wants To Be A Cowboy 14. This Is Your Head 15. Dump Myself 16. No Such Thing (2011) 17. Can't Help Feeling Beautiful
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No Other Life - This is my third album of 2010. This song collection contains 18 songs. Consider it a catalogue to choose from. As usual, download whatever you want and feel free to leave a donation. The money I make from music goes mostly to music related expenses. Things like studio time, supplies, repairs, copyright fees, and the cost of making my music available through digital distributers like CD Baby and iTunes. So if the music does anything for you, please consider dropping a coin into my cup. Even small tips make my day.
Song Titles: 1. For Now 2. Someone Next To You 3. No Other Life 4. I Don't Get Too Excited 5. Cool Is Cool 6. Janey Be Bad Tonight 7. Catch And Release 8. Your Song Now 9. Jump You Fuckers (Mellow Version)* 10. Sometimes A Small Key 11. I Just Don't Care 12. Coming Back 13. The Kids Just Want To Make Noise 14. Bad To Go 15. Shut Up For Awhile 16. My Music Is My Business (And My Business Is Love) 17. If You're Talking On Your Phone 18. Yer Wife**
*Contains adult language **Contains extra adult language! |
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See No Evil - This is only my second album of 2010. I guess I'm finally slowing down! I'm committed to following this thing wherever it goes, but I am happy sometimes when it heads for calmer waters. That said, this song collection contains 18 songs. Consider it a catalogue to choose from. As usual, download whatever you want and feel free to leave a donation. The money I make from music goes almost entirely to music related expenses. Things like studio time, supplies, repairs, copyright fees, and the cost of making my music available through digital distributers like iTunes. So if the music does anything for you, please consider dropping a coin into my cup. Even small tips make my day.
Cover Photo by Ed Thiessen
Song Titles: 1. Talk Is Cheap* 2. Some People...* 3. Not Enough To Change 4. I'm In Love With The World 5. A Different Kind Of Good 6. Walk To My Funeral 7. Crazy World* 8. Jump For Joy (For Ax Prince) 9. Shovel Ready 10. Carnegie Hall 11. Stories 12. See No Evil 13. Catch Me 14. Cell Phone 15. Like The Wind Sings 16. Walk (To My Funeral) 17. Hole In The Wall 18. It's Love
*Contains adult language
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Brand New World: - This
is my first album of 2010. I consider my albums more "song
collections" than traditional "albums". I assume people will
find the songs they like best and lose the rest, so I include as many songs as
will fit on a CD. As usual, they are simple guitar and vocal recordings. Even
though my albums are relatively inexpensive to make, they rarely if ever break
even. I do this for love. Most of the money I make at music goes back into
making more, so any and all tips and sales are much appreciated!
Cover photo by DasjaDolan.com
Song Titles: - 1. Brand New World 2. I Love You 3. Fix
The World 4. It's You 5. Cut And Run 6. Preposition
7. Look 8. We Need Your
Banjo 9. I Like You Better 10. Drama, Drama 11. Miserable 12. Step Off Of That
Throne
13. Take Me 14. Tease (For Tease Restaurant) 15. Satisfied *16. I'm
Sick (Bonus track available only online!)
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Up For Grabs - This is my sixth album of 2009,
two doubles (Undiscovered and Maybe Nothing's Wrong), one single (Flow
More~Force Less) and now this one. I don't think I'll ever have another
songwriting year like this one, but who knows? As usual, please download
whatever songs you like. If you feel moved to leave me a tip, please do, it will
make my day.
Song Titles: - 1. Destiny 2. Safer 3.
Collection 4. Heart Broke 5. Fated 6. It's Beginning To Occur To Me*
7. Let's
Put The Ass Back In Christmas* 8. Up For Grabs 9. If You Say So 10. Sure** 11.
Now Is The Time**
12. Chipping Away 13. Easy For The Man 14. Dock Me Baby 15. My
Dreams Chased Me
*Contains mild adult
language
**Written for a
female voice in 1997
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Flow More~Force Less - This is my fifth CD of 2009, after two double
albums. As usual, it's a simple guitar and vocal recording. It's simple, but not
free to record this way. Download any or all of the songs free, but if you like
them, please consider leaving me a tip. The majority of the money I make from my
music goes into making more music. Every album contains some of my favorite
songs and hopefully some of yours!
Song Titles:1. By The Stars 2. Grateful For The Shovel* 3. In My
Light 4. I Don't Care What You Call Me*
5. Deliver Me 6. Hell Yes 7. Flow
More~Force Less 8. Hot Enough* 9. Loner* 10. Naked 11. Scarred For
Life
12. Finders Keepers 13. Too Much Food 14. Nothing At All 15. It's Too Late
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Undiscovered ~ Part One -This is my second double album song collection of 2009. As with the last one--("Maybe Nothing's Wrong")--Part One is more energetic and topical, Part Two is more mellow and personal. The recordings are simple, just me and guitar, but they're still costly for me to produce. My albums hardly ever break even, so any donations are most appreciated!
Song Titles:1. Undiscovered 2. Three legged dog 3. Some Damage Here 4. I Love Other People's Kids
5. WWJD? 6. Surprise, Surprise* 7. Drinking Music 8. We're The Losers 9. Start Right Now
10. Daddy Wants A Touchdown 11. Too Much Weed 12. Didgeridon't* 13. Young And Free 14. Hey Check It Out
*Contains adult language Cover photo: www.dasjadolan.com
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Undiscovered ~ Part Two - This is my second double album song collection of 2009. As with the last one--("Maybe Nothing's Wrong")--Part One is more energetic and topical, Part Two is more mellow and personal. The recordings are simple, just me and guitar, but they're still costly for me to produce. My albums hardly ever break even, so any donations are most appreciated!
Cover photo: www.dasjadolan.com
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Maybe Nothing's Wrong ~ Part One - This double album is my first of 2009. This one features the "Obama" version of "Nothing's Impossible Now" as well as two of my favorite covers and 25 new songs. This is the first time I've recorded with my Aria OW-45, an amazing guitar I found at the Goodwill here in Ashland. I haven't been able to find any information on the web about this model but it sure sounds great!
Song Titles:1. Jack And Jill (Let's Fall Down)
2. Out Of My Way 3. I Was Fooled (And It's All Your Fault)
4. We're All Gonna Die 5. The Beijing Blues 6. Let Me Spin 7. Out Of Your Way 8. Your Money Now 9. Platonic *
10. Watch Her Drown 11. Jump You Fuckers * 12. Break Sometimes 13. Introduction to NIN
14. Nothing's Impossible Now (Obama Version) 15. Get Off Your Ass And Walk *
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Maybe Nothing's Wrong ~ Part Two
Song Titles: 1. Maybe Nothing's Wrong
2. The Shades Stay On
3. Dreamworld
4. Virtual
5. Less Love In The House
6. Nothing Like The Real Night Sky
7. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
8. Oh Lord, Please Smile On Me
9. Start Pretending You Are Free
10. Let's Not See Each Other
11. Things Are Getting Better (Now That Things Are Getting Worse) 12. Red River Valley 13. Gutterball
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Without The Moon - This is my fourth and final album of 2008. 15 new songs and one old one (Killer Bees, aka Good Bees Gone Bad). I never had a year like this before and may never again. I hope the wave continues but if it doesn't, I am ever grateful for the ride.
Song Titles: 1. Without The Moon 2. Let's 3. Your Face 4. Are You Gonna Fall In Love? 5. I Think I'll Live
6. Even Water Knows
7. Something To Say 8. Spiked The Punch 9. Killer Bees 10. I'll Give It To You
11. Audience Of One 12. You Know What I Mean (For Seth Richardson) 13. Lucky Streak
14. We Fight 'Em 'Cause We Want To 15. The Heart That's Yours 16. Finish This Kiss
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Nothing's Impossible Now - This is my third album of 2008. I don't know how long this wave will last but I'm surfin' it with everything I have! Like all of my recent albums, it's just me and guitar which is the heart and soul of what I do.
Song Titles: 1. Nothing's Impossible Now 2. Mountains To Climb 3. I Don't Know 4. Proud Of My Work
5. Ready To Be Ruined 6. What I Know About Love 7. Just Like Bob Dylan 8. I Wish I Was A Prairie Dog
9. Why Don't You Stay? 10. Fortune Cookies 11. Unstoppable 12. Just This 13. The New 30
14. Sing Your Heart Out There (For Chris Parreira) 15. Tango |
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You
Are Wrong - I still can't quite believe this is
happening. I just finished My Song Now a few months ago and here's
another 16 new songs. A powerful wave that I'm doing my best to surf. And once again, I'm
really proud of this bunch of songs and think they are some of my
strongest yet.
Song Titles: 1. You Don't Have To Lose To Let Me Win 2. Who's
Too Cool? 3. Take It To The Roof
4. Floating 5.
Heaven 6. Renaissance Man 7. I'm Not Gay But I Don't Like
Girls 8. You Are Wrong
9. Get Back On The Wagon 10.
I'd Still Stay 11. The Rest Of The Week 12. Another Pretty
Girl
13. We All Got 'Em 14. Dancing 15.
Where Can I Go Without You? 16. Act Of Faith |
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My
Song Now - I've been
in the middle of a huge wave of creative inspiration that started
sometime in 2006 and doesn't show any signs of letting up. This album
features 15 new songs including some of the most popular and most
requested I've ever written. I had a handful more that just wouldn't
fit. They'll just have to go on the next one!
Song Titles: 1.
My Song Now
2. Free-Range Chicken
3. Tornado
4. The Friendly Part Of Town
5. Tourist Town
6. Shut The Fuck Up*
7. Let's Just Be Blue
8. If You Take Me Back
9. A Good Misunderstanding
10. Ninja
11. An Eye For An Eye
12. Ball Of Lightning
13. Angeltown
14. Wake You Up
15. I Tasted You
*Contains adult language but no more than is in the
title.
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Terms of Surrender ~ Part One - From the end of 2006 and well into 2007, I experienced a major burst of songwriting inspiration. Over 20 songs in less than a year. I said this about Plan B but it's true again:
These are some of my favorite and in my opinion, strongest songs.
There were too many to fit on one CD, so I've split the project
into two. Part One is more upbeat and topical. Part Two is
more relaxed and introspective. All of the songs feature
more poetic license, metaphor, and imagination than my past
work. They're all "true," but less literally so.
Song Titles: 1. Come Down Here 2. Gravity's Bitch* 3. Save Your Breath 4. You Got Me All Right
5. Ten Good Days 6. Listen to Me 7. Don't Fake It 8. Waking Up 9. The Top of the World 10. If There Was a Wall
11. Go On Home 12. Look Nowhere 13. You Can Play Now (songs with a * contain adult language) |
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Terms of Surrender ~ Part Two - From the end of 2006 and well into 2007, I experienced a major burst of songwriting inspiration. Over 20 songs in less than a year. I said this about Plan B but it's true again:
These are some of my favorite and in my opinion, strongest songs.
There were too many to fit on one CD, so I've split the
project into two. Part One is more upbeat and topical. Part
Two is more relaxed and introspective. All of the songs feature
more poetic license, metaphor, and imagination than my
past work. They're all "true," but less literally
so.
Song Titles: 1. The Waves 2. If You've Got a Part 3. Four Words 4. I'm Gonna Lose 5. A Little More
6. Undefeated 7. Biology* 8. This Sound (The Free Song) 9. Falling In 10. Made For Love
11. Happy Where I Am 12. Right There
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Undiscovered Country - This is a collection of songs that for one reason or another didn't fit on my last two albums. An eclectic blend of styles and songs, some old, some new. All are recorded simply, with just me and guitar. (Tracks 3, 7, and 9 were written for a female voice.)
Song Titles: 1. Bureaucratic Shuffle (1984) 2. Hearing It Like It Was (1997) 3.
Undiscovered Country (1997)
4. I Don't Want A Girlfriend (1986) 5.
Don't Worry About Me (1979) 6. Watch Her Walking By (1992)
7.
The World Of You And Me (1998) 8. Her Key (1998) 9. One Good Moment (1996) 10. Morning Fire (1981)
11. Bad Time (1988) 12.
Animal (1991) 13. I'm A Squirrel (2002) 14. Any Good Mirror (1992)
15. They Can't Break Up (1992) 16. I Don't Want To Be A Guru (2006) 17. Miles To Go (1989)
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Plan B - Just me and guitar recorded in 2006 here in Ashland. Lots of new and frequently requested songs with a few oldies thrown in. I like this album alot. I think it's my strongest group of songs yet.
Song Titles: 1. Plan B 2. Something I Don't Know 3. As Long As You Want To 4. Tomorrow Anymore
5. Her Turn Now 6. The Lesson Of Youth 7. Painting The Whole Town Blue 8. Doomed Love Affair
9. The Best Deal 10. Three Stories Up 11. Sleepwalking 12. Nothing Like The Stars
13. What You Do Not Have 14. Bridge To My Heart 15. Thanks For Everything 16. No Such Thing |
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Where Will You Sleep Tonight? - I recorded this album in 2005 here in Ashland, OR, where I live with my wife Samarra. It features many new songs from 1996-2003 as well some re-recordings of some of my favorite older songs. This is just me and guitar, a simple and intimate song collection.
Song Titles: 1. Who's Gonna Believe? 2. Listen to Her Say Goodbye 3. All Right Here 4. I am Your Tears
5. Beauty is a Borrowed Thing 6. Broken Record 7. Don't Run 8. There are You 9. Where Will You Sleep Tonight?
10. Selene 11. Long Gone 12. No Revolution 13. Arrow 14. You are Loved by Me 15. Give Up
16. Rapunzel 17. The Last Song 18. Love is Here |
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The Time Of Wonder
- I recorded this album in 1993 with Victor Cummings and several other musician friends. It has a very warm hypnotic live acoustic feeling. The songs are mostly about meeting and falling in love with my wife Samarra.
Song Titles: 1. The Time of Wonder 2. Declaration of Love 3. Daughter of the Moon 4. Put it Where it Goes
5. Have I Found my Love? 6. Walk 7. Patience My Love 8. Again 9. I Don't Ask Her Why 10. Declaration of Love 2
11. The Last Song |
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My Heart Will Know Its Place
- I recorded this album in 1993. I play multiple guitar tracks and sing all the harmonies. This album is in the pop folk vein and has a serious but upbeat quality that I still like. The songs are mostly about the search for love...
Song Titles: 1. Better and Worse 2. My Heart will Know Its Place 3. Here and Now 4. Any Minute Now
5. The Big One 6. I Want to Fight with You 7. The Sword in the Sand 8. The Wildest Thing 9. Cut in Two
10. Timing is Everything 11. The Smile |
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Turn The Corner - This is another solo performance-just me and guitar-recorded in 1991. It remains one of my all-time favorite recordings and contains some of my favorite songs, many of which I still sing today. (Originally longer, I had to trim 2 songs to get it to fit on an 80 minute CD! ) A musical diary of one relationship that allowed me to "Turn the Corner" on a long standing and difficult pattern.
Song Titles: 1. Can You Take It? 2. The Language of the Wounded Heart 3. The Serious Girl 4. To You
5. Everyday 6. Wishful Thinking 7. Too Late to Take Back My Love 8. A Safer Place 9. Soulmate
10. You Find Yours 11. What's a Rainbow? 12. I Want to be Your Friend 13. Turn the Corner
14. What Will You Bring? 15. Coming Back- A.It's a Sad Thing B.It's More C.Coming Back |
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The Door In The Wall - I recorded this album in 1991 with my musical partner Victor Cummings. He played mandolin and electric guitar, sang harmony vocals and added multiple keyboard tracks. The songs are mostly about the bitter sweet pain of letting go of cherished illusions.
Song Titles: 1. 'Til it Was Gone 2. Warm 3. Always a Place 4. The Door in the Wall 5. Two Different Things
6. Your Wedding (I'm Not Coming to) 7. There are You 8. Sign Right Here 9. The Lesson of Youth
10. Freedom Looks so Good on You 11. Let's Make it Easy 12. Selene 13. The Long Goodbye
14. Chapter Two 15. No Pride Lost 16. Long Gone 17. The Flame |
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Her Crucifix - I recorded this album in 1990. I play multiple guitar tracks and sing all the harmonies as well. An upbeat collection of songs in the pop-folk vein, mostly about the ups and downs of dating and the search for true love.
Song Titles: 1. Full Power 2. Just a Kiss 3. Her Crucifix 4. Call it what it is
5. Come Clean
6. Something More 7. Catalyst 8. Flexible Guy 9. Give Up 10. No Hope 11. Right Behind You
12. Her Own Way 13. Friends Forever |
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Don't Get Swept - I recorded this album in 1990 with my friend and musical partner Victor Cummings. Victor played mandolin and electric guitar, sang harmony vocals and added multiple keyboard tracks. It was by far our best selling album. Definitely in the pop vein, the songs explore the grey area between being friends and lovers, the pain of love and loss, and the joys of being single.
Song Titles: 1. Don't Get Swept 2. In the Grey 3. Dance 4. Do it Now 5. Free 6. Marry Somebody
7. If She Knows 8. Ready 9. Forever 10. Life After Love 11. Together Alone 12. Silhouette 13. L.W.S.T.D. |
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