We Were Born in a Flame

We Were Born in a Flame is considered to be the first commercially released LP by Sam Roberts, a Canadian rock musician and singer/songwriter. He previously released The Inhuman Condition EP and, in an extremely limited quantity, Brother Down. "Where Have All the Good People Gone?" was commercially released as a single in Canada and had a video made for it. "Hard Road" was also promoted with a video in Canada. Both "Don't Walk Away Eileen" and "Brother Down" had been previously used as radio/video singles to promote Roberts' previous EP, The Inhuman Condition, in Canada. In the United States, "Brother Down" was used to promote the album, while in the United Kingdom, "Don't Walk Away Eileen" was used.

Three songs, "Brother Down", "Don't Walk Away Eileen", and "Where Have All the Good People Gone?", were previously released on The Inhuman Condition. Both "Brother Down" and "Where Have All the Good People Gone?" were rerecorded for this album.

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 released Brother Down.

The album won two Juno Awards in 2004: Album Of The Year and Rock Album Of The Year. Roberts also won the Juno award for Artist Of The Year.

Track listing (for the original, Canadian release)

All songs written by Sam Roberts.

1. "Hard Road" - 4:24
2. "Where Have All the Good People Gone?" - 4:24
3. "Brother Down" - 4:24
4. "Higher Learning" - 4:24
5. "Dead End" - 3:55
6. "Taj Mahal" - 4:48
7. "Every Part of Me" - 4:03
8. "The Canadian Dream" - 5:16
9. "Rarefied" - 3:38
10. "On the Run" - 2:34
11. "Don't Walk Away Eileen" - 3:12
12. "No Sleep" - 4:02
13. "This Wreck of a Life" - 5:10
14. "Climb Over Me" [vinyl version only] - 6:39
15. "Paranoia" - 6:06

Personnel

• Sam Roberts - Vocals and all instruments (except drums)
• George Donoso - Drums on all tracks (except "Don't Walk Away Eileen")
• Jordan Zadorozny - Drums on "Don't Walk Away Eileen"
• Corey Zadorozny - Additional Percussion
• Eric Fares - Additional keyboard
• James Hall - Additional guitar
• Dave Nugent - Backing vocals