''Give Us a Break'' is the first album by the North Carolina band

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, released in 1973 (see

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). Only 300 copies of this album were pressed on Sugarbush Records, based in Chapel Hill.

Track listing

Side One #"Not Unusual" (Kirkland) – 2:44 #"Searchin'" (Kirkland) - 5:01 #"To See Her Smile" (Kirkland) - 5:38 #"Our Love Will Last" (Dixon) - 2:57 #"Ma and Pa" (Kirkland) - 3:10 #"Why Do You Love Me" (Dixon) - 3:40 Side Two #"A Foreshadowing" (Dixon) - 4:51 #"I Can See It In Your Eyes" (Kirkland) - 2:25 #"Pirates, Princes, and Kings" (Dixon) - 3:30 #"Congratulations" (Kirkland) - 3:56

Bonus tracks on 2000 CD reissue

# "Black Death" - 3:24 #"Race With The Devil" - 3:04

Personnel

;Arrogance * Don Dixon –

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*Robert Kirkland –

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*Marty Stout –

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*Ogie Shaw –

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*Rob Thorne - drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Give Us A Break (Arrogance Album) Arrogance (band) albums 1973 debut albums