''I Am Kloot'' is the self-titled second album by English

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I Am Kloot I Am Kloot were an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1999. The band was composed of vocalist/guitarist John Bramwell, bassist Peter Jobson and drummer Andy Hargreaves. The band released six studio albums, and was nominated for the Mercu ...

. Released in 2003, the album reached #68 on the

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Chart Stats - I Am Kloot
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-only single. The download-only single "Proof" had a music video created for it by Krishna Stott, featuring actor

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, which never received its intended, full release. A demo of "Proof" originally appeared as a B-side to " Morning Rain" in 2001. The album contains an extra song, hidden in the

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, called "Deep Blue Sea," also released as a B-side on the "Life in a Day" single. The singles " Life in a Day" and " 3 Feet Tall" charted on the

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at #43 and #46 respectively. On 25 January

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, ''I Am Kloot'' became the first album by I Am Kloot released in the

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. In March 2005, the band gave their first

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in this country.

Track listing

All songs written by John Harold Arnold Bramwell.

Contributing musicians

*Tony Gilfellon: additional guitar on "3 Feet Tall" *Bob Sastry:

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on "The Same Deep Water as Me" *Isabelle Dunn:

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on "The Same Deep Water as Me" *Amanda Drummond:

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on "The Same Deep Water as Me" *Stella Page:

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on "The Same Deep Water as Me" *Prabjote Osahn: violin on "The Same Deep Water as Me"

Release history

Singles

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References

{{Authority control 2003 albums I Am Kloot albums Albums produced by Ian Broudie