| We Were Born in a Flame | ||||
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| Released | June 3, 2003 (CAN) June 17, 2003 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Studio | Mushroom Studios,Vancouver | |||
| Genre | Rock,roots rock,alternative rock[1] | |||
| Length | 57:38 | |||
| Label | Universal Music Canada | |||
| Producer | Brenndan McGuire | |||
| Sam Roberts chronology | ||||
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| Singles from We Were Born in a Flame | ||||
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We Were Born in a Flame is the debut full-length studio album byCanadian rock musician and singer/songwriterSam Roberts. A re-recorded version of "Where Have All the Good People Gone?" was released as the album's first single in Canada and had a music video made for it. "Hard Road" was also released as a single with a music video in Canada. The songs "Brother Down" and "Don't Walk Away Eileen" had been previously released as radio/video singles in Canada to promote Roberts' previous EP,The Inhuman Condition. "Brother Down" was also re-recorded for this album. In the United States, "Brother Down" was used to promote the album, while in the United Kingdom, "Don't Walk Away Eileen" was used.
Earlier versions of "Brother Down", "Taj Mahal", "The Canadian Dream", "On The Run", "Climb Over Me", and "Paranoia" all previously appeared on Roberts' 2000 independently releasedBrother Down.
The album won twoJuno Awards in 2004:Album of the Year andRock Album Of The Year. Roberts also won the Juno award forArtist of the Year.
We Were Born in a Flame debuted at No. 2 on theCanadian Albums Chart.[3] By April 2006, the album had sold 145,000 units in Canada.[4] The album was certified Double Platinum in Canada on May 14. 2018.[5]
All songs written bySam Roberts.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Hard Road" | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Where Have All the Good People Gone?" | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Brother Down" | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Higher Learning" | 4:06 |
| 5. | "Dead End" | 3:38 |
| 6. | "Taj Mahal" | 4:30 |
| 7. | "Every Part of Me" | 3:45 |
| 8. | "The Canadian Dream" | 4:58 |
| 9. | "Rarefied" | 3:39 |
| 10. | "On the Run" | 2:19 |
| 11. | "Don't Walk Away Eileen" | 3:13 |
| 12. | "No Sleep" | 4:02 |
| 13. | "This Wreck of a Life" | 4:54 |
| 14. | "Paranoia" | 5:49 |
Sam Roberts Billboard.
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