''Horse Stories'' is the third major album by Australian

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band

Dirty Three Dirty Three is an Australian instrumental rock band, consisting of Warren Ellis (violin and bass guitar), Mick Turner (electric and bass guitars) and Jim White (drums), which formed in 1992. Their 1996 album ''Horse Stories'' was voted by ''Ro ...

, released in September 1996 by

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. The album was recorded at Maison Rouge Studios,

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, while the cover art was designed by guitarist

Mick Turner Mick Turner (born 1960) is an Australian musician and artist. He is the founding mainstay guitarist for Dirty Three and has had art exhibitions around Australia and internationally. Previously he was a member of the Sick Things, the Moodists ( ...

. "I Remember a Time When Once You Used to Love Me" is a cover of the Greek song ''Mia phora thymamai'', written by

Giannis Spanos Ioannes "Giannis" Spanos ( el, Ιωάννης "Γιάννης" Σπανός, ; 26 July 1934 – 30 October 2019), also transliterated as Yannis Spanos, was a Greek music composer and lyricist. In his early days as a musician he was also a piano ac ...

and originally sung by the singer-songwriter

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Track listing

All songs written by Dirty Three, except where noted. # "1000 Miles" – 4:40 # "Sue's Last Ride" – 7:22 # "Hope" – 4:53 # "I Remember a Time When Once You Used to Love Me" ( Yiannis Spanos) – 6:11 # "At the Bar" – 6:39 # "Red" – 3:54 # "Warren's Lament" – 8:44 # "Horse" – 5:38 # "I Knew It Would Come to This" – 8:38

Notes

{{Authority control 1996 albums Dirty Three albums Touch and Go Records albums