Broken Record Prayers is a compilation album by British indie pop band Comet Gain.[4] It was released in the UK on 28 October 2008 through M.J. "Woodie" Taylor's own label, Milou Studios.

Broken Record Prayers
Compilation album by
Released28 October 2008
GenreIndie pop
LabelMilou
What's Your Rupture?
Comet Gain chronology
City Fallen Leaves
(2005)
Broken Record Prayers
(2008)
Howl of the Lonely Crowd
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(8.2/10)[2]
The Skinny[3]

Track listing

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All songs written by David Feck except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jack Nance Hair" 3:57
2."You Can Hide Your Love Forever" 3:48
3."Young Lions" 1:57
4."If I Had a Soul" 3:17
5."Brothers Off the Block" 5:18
6."Beautiful Despair" 3:56
7."Love Without Lies" 2:58
8."Hard Times"Curtis Mayfield3:38
9."If You Ever Walk out of My Life"Dena Barnes, Duke Browner2:48
10."Books of California" 3:13
11."Look at You Now (You're Crying)" 5:47
12."Mainlining Mystery" 6:50
13."Asleep on the Snow" 3:31
14."Beatnik"David Kilgour, Hamish Kilgour, Robert Scott4:23
15."He Walked by Nite" 2:50
16."Orwell Liberty Dance" 2:47
17."Emotion Pictures" 2:54
18."Tighten Up!" 4:14
19."Germ of Youth Part II"David Feck, Kay Ishikawa, M.J. "Woodie" Taylor2:19
20."Record Prayer" 3:39

Notes

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  • Tracks 1, 20: "Jack Nance Hair" 7" (Mei Mei)[5]
  • Tracks 2, 14: "You Can't Hide Your Love Forever" 7" (Fortuna Pop!)[6]
  • Tracks 3, 17, 18: Peel Session[7]
  • Tracks 4, 5, 15: Mailorder Freak Singles Club 7" (Kill Rock Stars)[8]
  • Tracks 6, 12: "Beautiful Despair" 12" (What's Your Rupture?)[9]
  • Tracks 7, 10: "Love Without Lies" 7" (What's Your Rupture?)[10]
  • Track 11: Fields and Streams CD
  • Tracks 16, 19: "Red Menace" 7" (PIAO)[11]


References

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  1. ^ "Broken Record Prayers - Comet Gain | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Comet Gain: Broken Record Prayers". Pitchfork.
  3. ^ "Comet Gain - Broken Record Prayers | The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
  4. ^ "DeLorean: Comet Gain - Broken Record Prayers (2009)". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  5. ^ "Comet Gain - Jack Nance Hair". Discogs. 5 October 1998.
  6. ^ "Comet Gain - You Can Hide Your Love Forever". Discogs. 5 October 2023.
  7. ^ "BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - 11/11/1997 Comet Gain".
  8. ^ "Comet Gain - Mailorder Freak 7" Singles Club". Discogs. September 1998.
  9. ^ "Comet Gain - Beautiful Despair". Discogs. 5 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Comet Gain - Love Without Lies". Discogs. 5 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Comet Gain - Red Menace". Discogs. 5 October 1999.
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