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Pop · 2004 · 14 tracks

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A collection of fourteen songs starting with the letter I. Minimalist, drum-free arrangements where baritone vocals meet dry piano and weeping cellos.

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It's a concept album where every song starts with 'I' and there are zero drums, but it's somehow still a perfect pop record.

A dryly humorous and deeply literate exploration of heartbreak that feels like a private performance in a library.

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The instrumentation foregrounds piano far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
I Die
2:15
02
I Don’t Believe You
3:40
03
I Don’t Really Love You Anymore
2:34
04
I Looked All Over Town
2:39
05
I Thought You Were My Boyfriend
4:24
06
I Was Born
2:01
07
I Wish I Had an Evil Twin
3:16
08
If There’s Such a Thing as Love
2:58
09
I’m Tongue‐Tied
2:49
10
In an Operetta
2:03
11
Infinitely Late at Night
2:46
12
Irma
2:24
13
Is This What They Used to Call Love?
3:05
14
It’s Only Time
4:26
Moments Worth Waiting For
the sudden warmth of the cello swell during the chorus of it is only time
the dry and unadorned piano melody that opens i dont believe you
the way the synth pads mimic a string section on i thought you were my boyfriend
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