The Wire Tapes Vol. 1

The Wire Tapes: Volume 1
Studio album by Dashboard Confessional
Released 2007
Recorded 2007
Genre Alternative, emo, indie rock
Length 33:05
Label Self Released
Dashboard Confessional chronology

Sessions@AOL
2006
The Wire Tapes Vol. 1
2007
The Shade of Poison Trees
2007

The Wire Tapes, Volume One is a tour-only album released by Dashboard Confessional in 2007.

The album is a collection of cover songs, sold only during Chris Carrabba's solo acoustic tour during fall 2007, and also in a limited release through the band's website in September of that same year. The album precedes The Shade of Poison Trees, which was released on October 2nd on Vagrant Records.

Tracklisting

Track Title Original Artist Original Album Running Time
1 "Theme from Volume 1" (originally: "Theme from Flood") They Might Be Giants Flood 0:29
2 "Valens" The Movielife An Ocean of Doubt 1:42
3 "El Scorcho" Weezer Pinkerton 3:55
4 "A Year in the Past, Forever in the Future" Grade Under the Radar 3:35
5 "Overkill" Men at Work Cargo 3:39
6 "If I Needed You" Townes Van Zandt The Late Great Townes Van Zandt 3:01
7 "Angels of the Silences" Counting Crows Recovering the Satellites 3:39
8 "Catch" The Cure Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me 2:42
9 "Pretty Pathetic" Smoking Popes Destination Failure 3:25
10 "Crazy" The Afghan Whigs 1965 4:04
11 "Better" Regina Spektor Begin to Hope 2:49

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