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Recorded
  
2009

Artist
  
John K. Samson

Label
  
Anti-

Genre
  
Acoustic

Release date
  
3 November 2009

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Released
  
October 30, 2009 (Europe) November 3, 2009 (North America)

City Route 85 (2009)
  
Provincial Road 222 (2010)

City Route 85 is a solo EP by John K. Samson of The Weakerthans, released October 30, 2009 on Grand Hotel van Cleef in Europe, and November 3, 2009 on ANTI-/Epitaph in North America. Samson's first solo release since the EP Little Pictures in 1995, it was the first in a planned series of three or four-song singles inspired by roads in his home province of Manitoba.

Contents

Winnipeg's Route 85 is also known by the street name Portage Avenue.

The tracks were later re-recorded and released, along with those on Provincial Road 222, on Samson's solo album Provincial.

Track listing

  1. "Heart of the Continent"
  2. "Grace General"
  3. "Cruise Night"

Songs

1Heart of the Continent
2Grace Central
3Cruise Night

References

City Route 85 Wikipedia