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Acoustic – Friends and Total Strangers

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Released
  
October 6, 2009

Artist
  
The Trews

Producer
  
The Trews

Friends & Total Strangers (2009)
  
Hope & Ruin (2011)

Release date
  
6 October 2009

Label
  
Bumstead Records

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Recorded
  
Glenn Gould Studio January 30–31, 2009

Genres
  
Rock music, Hard rock, Alternative rock

Similar
  
No Time for Later, Den of Thieves, House of Ill Fame, The Trews, Hope & Ruin

Acoustic – Friends & Total Strangers is both a live acoustic album and a music DVD by Canadian rock band The Trews. The CD is the fifth commercial album and second live album by the band. The DVD is the first from the band. Both were released October 6, 2009 on Bumstead Records. It was recorded January 30–31, 2009 at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto.

Contents

CD track listing

  1. "Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me" – 4:14 (originally from Den of Thieves)
  2. "Den of Thieves" – 3:57 (Never released on an album)
  3. "The Traveling Kind" – 3:14 (Den of Thieves)
  4. "When You Leave" – 4:14 (House of Ill Fame)
  5. "I Can't Stop Laughing" – 3:57 (No Time for Later)
  6. "Locked Doors" – 3:59 (Never released on an album)
  7. "Fleeting Trust" – 3:21 (House of Ill Fame)
  8. "Gun Control" – 4:03 (No Time for Later)
  9. "Tired of Waiting" – 4:18 (House of Ill Fame)
  10. "The Love You Save" – 3:59 (cover of the 1966 Joe Tex song "The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)")
  11. "Sing Your Heart Out" – 5:24 (Never released on an album)
  12. "Man of Two Minds" – 4:36 (No Time for Later)
  13. "Ishmael and Maggie" – 4:40 (Den of Thieves)
  14. "So She's Leaving" – 3:31 (Den of Thieves)
  15. "Hold Me in Your Arms" – 3:35 (No Time for Later)

DVD track listing

A DVD was also released by the band, which was recorded concurrently with the CD.

  1. "Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me"
  2. "Paranoid Freak"
  3. "Den of Thieves"
  4. "Yearning"
  5. "The Travelling Kind"
  6. "When You Leave"
  7. "I Can't Stop Laughing"
  8. "Locked Doors"
  9. "Hollis & Morris"
  10. "Fleeting Trust"
  11. "Gun Control"
  12. "Montebello Park"
  13. "Tired of Waiting"
  14. "The Love You Save"
  15. "Sing Your Heart Out"
  16. "Man Of Two Minds"
  17. "Ishmael & Maggie"
  18. "So She’s Leaving"
  19. "Hold Me In Your Arms"
  20. "You’re So Sober"
  21. "The Pearl"
  22. "How’s Everything?"
  23. "Served My Time"

Deluxe Edition Release Track Listing

On November 27, 2015, a deluxe edition was announce with a re-release of the songs from the original album, but including four new songs that were not included on the original album or the DVD.

  1. "Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me"
  2. "Den Of Thieves"
  3. "The Travelling Kind"
  4. "When You Leave"
  5. "I Can't Stop Laughing"
  6. "Locked Doors"
  7. "Fleeting Trust"
  8. "Gun Control"
  9. "Tired Of Waiting"
  10. "The Love You Save"
  11. "Sing Your Heart Out"
  12. "Man Of Two Minds"
  13. "Ishmael & Maggie"
  14. "So She’s Leaving"
  15. "Hold Me In Your Arms"
  16. "Every Inambition"
  17. "Makin' Sunshine"
  18. "No Time For Later"
  19. "Not Ready To Go"

Personnel

  • Colin MacDonald – Lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • John-Angus MacDonald – Lead guitar, vocals, bouzouki
  • Jack Syperek – Bass, vocals
  • Sean Dalton – Percussion, vocals
  • Jeff Heisholt – Accordion

    • Songs

    1Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me4:14
    2Den of Thieves3:57
    3The Traveling Kind3:14

    References

    Acoustic – Friends & Total Strangers Wikipedia
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