Broken Star

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Broken Star
Broken Star cover
Studio album by The Broadways
Released 1998
Recorded September 1997 at Atlas Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Punk rock
Length 43:12
Label Asian Man
Producer Matt Allison
The Broadways chronology
Broken Star
(1998)		 Broken Van
(2000)

Broken Star is the debut album by The Broadways.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "15 Minutes" - 3:12 (lead vocalist: Dan)
  2. "Everything I Ever Wanted To Know About Genocide I Learned In The Third Grade" - 1:58 (Brendan)
  3. "The Kitchen Floor" - 1:25 (Chris)
  4. "Police Song" - 2:48 (Dan & Chris sing alternating verses)
  5. "Upton" - 3:03 (Brendan)
  6. "Restless" - 3:42 (Chris)
  7. "Jonathan Kozol Was Right..." - 2:43 (Brendan; all 3 in turn during chorus)
  8. "We'll Have A Party" - 4:33 (Dan)
  9. "Red Line" - 2:07 (Brendan)
  10. "I Hear Things Are Just As Bad Down In Lake Erie" - 4:34 (one verse each)
  11. "Fuck You Larry Koesche, I Hope You Starve And Die Someday" - 3:27 (Dan)
  12. "25 Degrees North" - 2:01 (Brendan)
  13. "Ben Moves To California" - 2:10 (Dan)
  14. The Pope Of Chili-Town" - 1:54 (Brendan)
  15. "The Nautical Mile"- 3:38 (Chris)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Trivia

  • With regard to track 11 and its title, Brendan Kelly has stated: "Larry Koesche is the manager of a grocery store who prevented some of us from getting food out of the dumpsters behind the store." This ties in somewhat with the song's themes of poverty and homelessness.
  • Brendan Kelly stated during a live show [1] that the friend referenced in "25 Degrees North" is the same friend that he mentioned in the Big City Life / Broken Van song "I Think I Shall Never See..."