The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell

The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell
Studio album by Anais Mitchell
Released 2002
Genre Folk, Indie folk
Anais Mitchell chronology

The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell
(2002)
Hymns for the Exiled
(2004)

The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell is the 2002 debut release by Vermont-based American singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell. The album was made during the singer's 6-month stay in Austin, Texas, and was recorded in a single afternoon. It consists of Mitchell playing her acoustic guitar and singing with sparse production.[1]

Track listing

  1. The Calling
  2. Parking Lot Nudie Bar
  3. Make It Up
  4. Hymn For The Exiled
  5. Work Makes Free
  6. Deliberately
  7. The Routine
  8. Orleanna
  9. The Song They Sang When Rome Fell
  10. Hold This
  11. Go Fuck Yourself [2]

Notes

  1. "words in edgeways with anaïs mitchell". Wears the Trousers. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  2. The last track is a "bonus track" of sorts and was recorded before a live audience at Mitchell's alma mater, Middlebury College