''I'' is the debut studio album by Canadian

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band Cursed, released on February 25, 2003 via

Deathwish Inc. Deathwish, Inc. is an American independent record label conceived by Jacob Bannon of Converge and Tre McCarthy in 2000. Their first release was '' Deeper the Wound'', a split album between Converge and Japanese band Hellchild on April 23, 2001. D ...

(The title is rendered as "One" on the sleeve of the reissued album, and the context provided by the album's successors, ''II'' and ''III'', reinforces the interpretation of the title as the

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.) It was recorded at Chemical Sound in

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, from October 19 to October 23, 2002. It received moderate critical acclaim. The album was reissued on vinyl by

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in 2007.

Track listing

# Polygraph - 1:25 # God and Country - 4:16 # Promised Land - 1:00 # Bloody Mary - 2:03 # How Great Things Happen When You Give Up Hope - 6:32 # Nineteen Seventy Four - 2:50 # Negative Two Point Five - 2:05 # Guilt Parade - 3:14 # Another Day - 0:58 # Opposable Thumbs - 6:55 # Pariah - 1:14 # This Time Next Year (aka Dead or Alive) (unreleased track) - 2:08

Cultural reference

The song "God and Country" contains a reference to CCR's

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(the line "some folks inherit star-spangled eyes").

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:I (Cursed album) 2003 debut albums Cursed (band) albums Deathwish Inc. albums Albums produced by Kurt Ballou Albums with cover art by Jacob Bannon