Yours to Keep

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Yours to Keep

Studio album by Albert Hammond, Jr.
Released	October 9, 2006 (UK), March 6, 2007 (US)
Recorded	2006
Genre	Garage rock, Indie rock
Length	34:52
Label	Rough Trade Records / New Line Records (US Release)
Producer(s)	Greg Lattimer
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Yours to Keep is the debut solo album by The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. It was released October 9, 2006 in the UK through Rough Trade Records and was released in North America on March 6, 2007. The first single taken from it, "Everyone Gets a Star", was released as download only, and the first full single is "Back to the 101". The album also featured help from Sean Lennon, with whom Albert had attended school at Institut Le Rosey.

1 Track listing
2 Miscellaneous
3 Personnel
- 3.1 The band
- 3.2 Technical staff

[edit] Track listing

"Cartoon Music for Superheroes" - 2:04
"In Transit" - 3:33
"Everyone Gets a Star" - 3:05
"Bright Young Thing" - 3:13
"Blue Skies" - 3:17
"Back to the 101" ("101" in the U.S.) - 3:27
"Call An Ambulance" - 3:11
"Scared" - 4:42
"Holiday" - 3:08
"Hard To Live (In The City)" ("Hard To Live In The City" in the U.S.) - 5:23
"Well...All Right" (U.S. and Canadian bonus track) - 2:20
"Postal Blowfish" (U.S. and Canadian bonus track) - 2:27
"101" [Enhanced CD Music Video] (U.S. and Canadian bonus track)

[edit] Miscellaneous

The title of the album was taken from a song featured on Guided by Voices' 1994 album, Bee Thousand.
Critics say "In Transit" is the most Strokes-like song on the album. This is expected, due to the fact that the song was originally written by Hammond to be used by The Strokes, but it was decided that the song simply didn't fit in well enough. He used an early demo recording of the song as well as for "Bright Young Thing" and "Everyone Gets a Star" as the soundtrack for the band's 2001 European tour video, "In Transit".
Albert debuted a new song, "In My Room", in London during his tour of the UK. In live shows he sometimes includes a Guided by Voices cover and "Back to the 101" B-side, "Postal Blowfish."
The outtakes "Well...All Right" and "Back To The 101" (Alternate Version) have been used as B-sides.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The band

Albert Hammond, Jr. – vocals, lead and also drums on "Blue Skies"
Mikki James – bass guitar, piano, melodica on "Cartoon Music For Superheroes"
Greg Lattimer – bass guitar, background vocals on "Scared" and bells on "Blue Skies"
Sean Lennon – piano, background vocals and bass guitar on "In Transit"
Josh Lattanzi – bass guitar and rhythm guitar on "In Transit"
Matt Romano – drums
Julian Casablancas – bass guitar and background vocals on "Scared"
Chris Feinstein – bass guitar on "Scared"
Roger Greenawalt – ukulele on "Call an Ambulance"
Greg Glassman – trumpet on "Hard To Live In The City"
Evan Robinson – trombone on "Hard To Live In The City"
Alex Levy – shakers on "Hard To Live In The City"