Sometimes (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Sometimes
Type = Album
Artist = City and Colour


Released = November 1 2005
Recorded = 2004 — 2005
Genre = Alternative
Acoustic
Length = 44:37
Label = Dine Alone Records
Producer = Julius Butty and Dallas Green
Reviews = * Sincerity (75%) [http://cityandcolourforum.com/sincerityoversimplechords/?p=16 link]
Last album = "Missing EP"
(2004)
This album = Sometimes (2005)
Next album = "Live"
(2007) |

"Sometimes" is the debut solo album by City and Colour, a side project of Dallas Green, a guitarist and singer for the band Alexisonfire. His solo material is of the acoustic variety. At first, the majority of these songs were only available at live shows or over the Internet through Peer-to-peer services. However, due to high demand, the songs were compiled onto a studio album, and released through Dine Alone Records. "Comin' Home" was the only song on the album to not have been previously available. "Sometimes" is certified Platinum in Canada [According to [http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php CRIA Gold and Platinum] as of 21:50, 21 December 2006 (UTC)] and won the Juno Award for Alternative Album Of The Year (2007).

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dallas Green except where noted.

# "...Off by Heart" – 1:51
# "Like Knives" – 4:30
# "Hello, I'm in Delaware" – 5:45
# "Save Your Scissors" – 4:48
# "In the Water, I am Beautiful" – 2:47
# "Day Old Hate" – 6:44
# "Sam Malone" – 4:51
# "Comin' Home" – 5:05
# "Casey's Song" (Baker, Green) – 3:27
# "Sometimes (I Wish)" – 6:00

Credits

*Dallas Green - guitar, vocals, piano, keyboards
*Julius Butty - production, engineering, mixing, mastering, tambourine and vibes on "Sometimes (I Wish)".

Miscellanea

*"Sam Malone" was one of the first songs Green wrote as a teenager. Sam Malone is the bartender in the TV show Cheers
*"In The Water, I Am Beautiful" is a quote from the preface of Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
*"Hello, I'm In Delaware" is a line from the movie Wayne's World starring fellow Canadian Mike Myers
*"Sam Malone" has several lines taken from the Alexisonfire song, "Where No-one Knows" from their self-titled debut.

Footnotes