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What It Takes To Move Forward

Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)

2009 · Rock

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What It Takes To Move Forward by Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate)

What It Takes To Move Forward is an Alt/Indie album by Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), originally released in 2009. On Gatefold: 17 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.

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Tracklist

  1. 1How to Make Love Stay4:24
  2. 2Keep What You Have Built Up Here5:08
  3. 3What Safe Means4:01
  4. 4It Happened Because You Left8:09
  5. 5Rally the Troops! Poke Holes in Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers With Their Coffins!4:22
  6. 6It's a Plague, And You're Invited4:11
  7. 7Everything Is Connected and Everything Matters (A Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem)4:01
  8. 8The Next Step to Regaining Control6:08
  9. 9With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Not Be Comforted3:07
  10. 10I Am a Snail, And You Are a Pace I Cannot Match5:14
  11. 11An Idea Is a Greater Monument Than a Cathedral6:52

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Emo
  • twangy
  • yearning
  • DIY

Album notes

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Pressing Info:
CD
First Press (2009): 1000
Second Press (2015): 1000
Cassette (2010)
200 Smokey Clear
Vinyl
First Press:
500 Marble Gray
500 Marble Pink
Second Press:
400 180-Gram Black
400 Ultra Clear with Gray Splatter (Disc A/B), Ultra Clear with Pink Splatter (Disc C/D)
200 Tour Press with Hand-numbered Limited Edition Screen Printed Jacket (100 of each of the 2nd Press variants)
Third Press
175 Gold
600 Half in Half: Easter Yellow/electric Blue with Double Mint Splatter
600 A/B: Sea Blue/Bone A Side/B Side C/D: Blood Red/Bone A Side/B side
Fourth Press
600 Detroit Lions- Blue with Silver/White Splatter + Silver with Blue/White Splatter
600 Detroit Tigers- Blue/White + Blue/Orange Pinstripe
- First vinyl pressing was a co-release with strictly no capital letters
- Second pressing CD and vinyl discography number differs from other variants. The release number is CYLS 012R, where "R" stands for reissue.

Credits

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Performers

  • Keith LatinenVOCALS, GUITAR, BANJO, CELLO, TRUMPET, BASS, DRUMS, KEYBOARDS
  • Cathy LatinenGUITAR, VOCALS

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