''January Songs'' is the fifth studio album by British singer-songwriter

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. The album comes from a one-month project undertaken by Hayman whereby each song was written and recorded throughout January 2011 and accompanied by a music video and video diaries. A special anniversary physical release of the album was released in January 2012. A limited edition of 1500 came with sleeves individually hand-drawn by Hayman. Collaborators included

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, Elizabeth Morris from

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, Gordon McIntyre from

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, DJ Downfall, Rotifer, Valentine Leys, Litoral, The Hillfields, Ghostwriter,

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, Harvey Williams and former Hefner members

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and

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. The album also comes with 17 hidden tracks of demos and voice notes not available on the original conception.

Track listing

# "It Was Over" – 2:36 # "Bad Technology" – 3:24 # "We're Staying In" – 2:52 # "Isle of Eigg" (Sung by Gordon McIntyre) – 2:58 # "Hold Back the Clock" – 2:02 # "Nothing at All" (Recorded live at

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) – 2:01 # "Esplanade Drive" – 3:04 # "Old Man Hands" (With

) – 2:49 # "I Can't Control Myself" (Produced by DJ Downfall) – 3:33 # "I Know I Fucked Up" (With Elizabeth Morris) – 3:28 # "You Can't Tell Her Anything" (Recorded live at

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) – 2:54 # "My Bedroom" – 2:37 # "My Dirty Widow" – 3:27 # "Who Hung the Monkey?" (With

) – 3:32 # "Britain in Bloom" (With Rotifer) – 2:49 # "Let Me Sleep" (With

Jack Hayter Jack Hayter is a British musician. He is best known as a multi instrumentalist with Hefner but is also an acclaimed folk singer-songwriter in his own right.

) – 3:43 # "Arthur the Dog" – 2:57 # "The Return" – 4:09 # "No Different for Girls" (Sung by Valentine Leys) – 3:14 # "I Want to Be a Volunteer" – 4:28 # "Shh... (With Litoral) – 4:21 # "Baby, Be Good to Me" – 2:31 # "Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Girl" (With The Hillfields) – 2:49 # "Ventriloquism" (With Ghostwriter) – 3:06 # "Forest Blues" (With

) – 3:08 # "Let Out the Sides" – 3:46 # "I Can Keep a Secret" (With Harvey Williams) – 3:58 # I Won the Girl" (Sung by

) – 3:24 # "My Miniature Band" – 3:47 # "We're Tired of Getting Dicked Around" (Recorded live at The Lexington) – 4:14 # "My Dream Train" – 2:58

References

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