Could We Survive

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Could We Survive
EP by Joseph Arthur
Released	March 18, 2008
Recorded	2007-2008
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	20:56
Label	Lonely Astronaut Records
Producer	Joseph Arthur Mathias Schneeberger Matt Boynton Jennifer Turner
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (not rated) link Comfort Comes (8/10) link QRO Magazine (7.2/10) link
Joseph Arthur chronology
Let's Just Be (2007) Could We Survive (EP) (2008) Crazy Rain (EP) (2008)

Could We Survive is an EP from singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Joseph Arthur. The EP was released in the US on March 18, 2008. Could We Survive is the first in a series of four EPs released in anticipation for the release of Joseph's seventh studio album Temporary People on September 16.^[1] From Billboard.com:

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"When I make records, I tend to err on the side of them being too long," Arthur tells Billboard.com. "EPs keep me in a confined space. They're like poems. Plus, the EP is like the stepchild of a record -- people root for them. It's time to play with the form and the way things are done." Could We Survive, which begins with the anti-war track "Rages of Babylon," has a mix of "bigger production songs and some more lo-fi ones. I like putting those kinds of things together. On a sonic level, it's much more dynamic."[2]

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[edit] Track listing

1. "Rages of Babylon" - 3:40
2. "Morning Cup" - 5:12
3. "Shadows of Lies" - 4:01
4. "Could We Survive" - 2:14
5. "Walk Away" - 3:16
6. "King of the Pavement" - 2:35

[edit] Notes

• All songs written by Joseph Arthur, except:
  • "Rages of Babylon" and "Morning Cup," written by Joseph Arthur and Jennifer Turner.
• Recorded and produced by Joseph Arthur, Mathias Schneeberger, Matt Boynton, and Jennifer Turner.
• Musicians: Joseph Arthur, Mathias Schneeberger, Jennifer Turner, and Hoss.
• Photography: Front cover by Joseph Arthur. Inside and back cover by Cerise Leang.
• Lonely Astronaut Records #LA003.

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