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Self Help Serenade

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Recorded
  
2002

Artist
  
Marjorie Fair

Label
  
Capitol Records

Producers
  
Rob Schnapf, Jerry Finn

Length
  
48:52

Release date
  
31 May 2004

Genres
  
Rock music, Indie rock

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Released
  
May 31, 2004 July 19, 2005

Similar
  
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Self Help Serenade is the debut album by indie rock band Marjorie Fair, first released in the United Kingdom and Europe on May 31, 2004, and in the United States on July 19, 2005. The album was produced and mixed by Rob Schnapf, "Empty Room" was mixed by Tom Lord-Alge, and the album features guest contributions from Jon Brion and Joey Waronker. "Empty Room" was not included on the UK pressings of the album.

Contents

"Empty Room" was featured in the One Tree Hill episode "An Attempt to Tip the Scales" (3.4).

The band were dropped from Capitol Records after the album's release.

Track listing

All tracks written by Evan Slamka.

  1. "Don't Believe" – 4:18
  2. "Halfway House" – 5:13
  3. "Empty Room" – 3:43
  4. "Stare" – 4:20
  5. "How Can You Laugh" – 5:07
  6. "Waves" – 4:13
  7. "Please Don't" – 4:04
  8. "Cracks in the Wall" – 4:06
  9. "Stand in the World" – 5:01
  10. "Hold on to You" – 2:39
  11. "Silver Gun" – 5:14
  12. "My Sun Is Setting Over Her Magic" – 6:28

Singles

"Stare" (May 17, 2004)

  1. "Stare" – 4:20
  2. "How Can You Laugh" – 5:07
  3. "Science of Your Mind" – 4:35
  4. "Timmy" – 4:36

"Waves" (October 18, 2004)

  1. "Waves" – 4:13
  2. "What I Said" – 1:51
  3. "True Lovers" – 4:36

Songs

1Don't Believe4:18
2Halfway House5:13
3Stare4:21

References

Self Help Serenade Wikipedia
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