''Bring Me Your Love'' is the second album by

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, released on February 12, 2008 through

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. According to ''

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'', the album debuted at #11 of the Top Heatseekers chart in March 2008. The songs on this album are more folk-oriented with occasional

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, bass,

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and

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as opposed to the previous releases which only consisted of

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and

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. On February 8, the complete album was made available for listening on City and Colour's official MySpace profile. The music video for the first single, " Waiting...", was released on January 24, 2008 and was listed for 9 weeks on the

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. In October, 2008, Dine Alone Records announced a special 2-disc limited edition of ''Bring Me Your Love'' to be released on December 2, 2008. Only 6000 copies were made available. In Canada, when the record label put up the album on pre-sale on November 20, 2008, so many fans tried to pre-order it that they crashed the store's website.

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, of

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makes an appearance on the album, lending his vocals to the third verse on the second single, "Sleeping Sickness" which was listed for 9 weeks on the

. The video for "Sleeping Sickness", directed by

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-based

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Vincent Morisset, was released on June 27, 2008, with an interactive version being available on the group's official website. The album is named after a

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. It is also a line sung in the closing track, "As Much as I Ever Could". ''Bring Me Your Love'' was released on vinyl in Canada in 2011.

Release

On December 4, 2007, ''Bring Me Your Love'' was announced for release in two months' time. On January 8, 2008, the album's artwork and track listing were posted online. Five days later, "Waiting" was posted on the band's Myspace profile. On January 31, 2008, a music video was released for "Waiting". ''Bring Me Your Love'' was made available for streaming on February 8, 2008, and was released four days later. In April 2008, the band toured across the United Kingdom with

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. In May and June 2008, the band went on a Canadian tour with Sleepercar and

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, which included a performance at the

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. On June 9, 2008, "Sleeping Sadness" was released on a seven-inch vinyl record with a demo version of it as the B-side. At the end of the month, a music video was released for "Sleeping Sickness", which was directed by Vincent Monsset and stars Gordon Downie of

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. In September and October 2008, the band went on a US tour with

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and

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. A special edition was released digitally on November 25, 2008 and physically on December 2, 2008. Physical copies of this edition were limited to 5000 copies for

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and to 1000 copies for

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. It included new artwork, the original album, a second disc with 14 demo versions, 2 unreleased songs from the sessions and a handwritten booklet with behind-the-scenes photographs from Vanessa Heins. A bundle including the new version of ''Bring Me Your Love'' and a special t-shirt, limited to 100 copies, was sold in Canada. On December 8, 2008, a music video was released for "The Girl". In January 2009, the band went a tour of the US alongside

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. A live version of "Forgive Me", alongside a version of "Boiled Frogs" by Alexisonfire, was released as a digital single under the name ''Live at the Verge'' in January 2010.

Track listing

Personnel

* Dallas Green - vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (tracks 1,2,3, 4, 5,6 7, 8, 9, 10, 12), electric guitar (tracks 7, 12), piano (track 7) * Daniel Romano - acoustic guitar (tracks 7, 8, 9, 10, 12), pedal steel (tracks 2, 8), percussion (tracks 2, 5), drums (tracks 3, 12), bass guitar (tracks 3, 7), organ (tracks 4, 7), slide guitar (track 2), mandolin (track 3), electric guitar (track 5), piano (track 11), vocals (track 12) *

- vocals (track 5) * Zander Lamothe - bass drum (track 5) *Jordan Mitchell - vocals (track 8) * Spencer Burton - vocals (track 10) * Dan Under - vocals (track 12) * David, Daniel, Ian and Joni Romano, Katie Parsons, Jordan Mitchell, Dan Achen - group vocals (track 8)

Weekly charts

References

External links

City and Colour official site
(Flash site)
City and Colour Myspace
* Dallas Greenat

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