Kids in Philly

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Released 2000 Producer Paul Smith Release date 21 March 2000 Genre Alternative country		Length 37:17 Artist Marah Label Artemis Records

Recorded Above Frank's Auto, South Philadelphia, October 1999 Kids in Philly(2000) Float Away With the Friday Night Gods(2002) Similar Marah albums, Alternative country albums

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Kids in Philly is the second studio album by the band Marah, released in 2000. The songs draw from musical influences including Bruce Springsteen, Mummer string bands, Phil Spector and roots rock, while the album's lyrics are rooted in the band's Philadelphia home. Kids in Philly garnered widespread critical praise for its energetic abandon, lyrical sincerity and depth, and unabashed pilfering of numerous musical influences.

Reviews of subsequent Marah albums would make comparisons with Kids in Philly so often that Dave Bielanko would lament it as "my old albatross" on 2010's Life is a Problem.

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Track listing

"Faraway You" – 3:30
"Point Breeze" – 2:14
"Christian Street" – 3:21
"It's Only Money, Tyrone" – 3:26
"My Heart Is The Bums On The Street" – 2:19
"The Catfisherman" – 3:55
"Round-Eye Blues" – 4:11
"From The Skyline of a Great Big Town" – 3:31
"Barstool Boys" – 2:57
"The History of Where Someone Has Been Killed" – 4:05
"This Town" – 3:38

Personnel

Dave Bielanko: Organ, Najo, Guitar, Piano, Chimes, Xylophone

Serge Bielanko: Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion, Xylophone

Jeff Clarke: Bagpipes

Michael Hood: Trombone

Bruce Langfeld: Organ, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Piano

Danny Metz: Banjo, Bass

Paul Smith: Organ, Guitar, Percussion, Electric Piano, Mixing

Ronnie Vance: Percussion, Drums

Songs

1Faraway You3:31
2Point Breeze2:14
3Christian St3:21

References

Kids in Philly Wikipedia

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