''A Place Where We Could Go'' is the first album by

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, released by

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. It was produced by K founder and former

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frontman

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. It was well received by

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. In his review,

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compared him to

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. Hogan also mentioned that Jay's spoken-sung vocals, recalled the solo work of

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, with a certain punk sensibility. The album was released on vinyl and CD.''A place where we could go'' available by mail order
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Track listing

''All tracks by

'' # "Nite Nite" – 0:06 # "Heavenly Creatures" – 4:10 # "Beautiful Rebel" – 2:33 # "The Living Dolls" – 2:54 # "Escape to Aspen" – 2:19 # "Till We Meet Again" – 2:40 # "A Place Where We Could Go" – 2:43 # "While the City Sleeps" – 3:08 # "Hold Me in Your Arms Tonite" – 2:43 # "Someone Cares" – 2:42

Personnel

*Larissa James – photography *Jeremy Jay – guitar, piano, vocals, producer *Calvin Johnson – producer, engineer, mixing *Chris Sutton – drums *Nick Zwart – assistant engineer

References

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