''Blessid Union of Souls'' is the second studio album by the
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Blessid Union of Souls
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, released on May 20, 1997 (see
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) on
Capitol Records
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. Two singles were released from the album—"
I Wanna Be There" and "
Light in Your Eyes".
Track listing
All songs written by Eliot Sloan, Jeff Pence and EMOSIA except as indicated.
# "I Wanna Be There" (Sloan, Pence, EMOSIA, Eddie Hedges) — 4:30
# "Jelly" — 4:46
# "
Light in Your Eyes" (
Tommy Sims
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, Sloan) — 4:16
# "Scenes from a Coffee House (You'll Always Be Mine)" — 4:20
# "Hold Her Closer" — 3:23
# "My Friend" (EMOSIA, Sloan, Pence, C. P. Roth) — 4:10
# "Where We Were Before" (Sloan, Pence, EMOSIA, Eddie Pomeroy) — 3:24
# "It's Your Day (Bronson's Song)" (Sloan, Roth, EMOSIA) — 4:39
# "Humble Star" (Sloan, EMOSIA, Roth) — 3:29
# "When She Comes" — 3:20
# "Peace and Love" (
Shelly Peiken
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, Sloan, Pence, EMOSIA) — 4:20
Notes
External links
Website info
1997 albums
Capitol Records albums
Blessid Union of Souls albums
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