''Yours to Keep'', the debut solo album by

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guitarist

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, was released October 9, 2006, in the UK through

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and was released in North America on March 6, 2007, through

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. The first single taken from it, "Everyone Gets a Star", was released as download only, and the first full single is "Back to the 101". The album also featured help from

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, with whom Albert had attended school at

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. The album title references the eponymous track from the Guided by voices' album ''

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'', with the album also including a cover of their song '' Postal Blowfish'' as a bonus track.

Track listing

# "Cartoon Music for Superheroes" – 2:04 # "In Transit" – 3:33 # "Everyone Gets a Star" – 3:05 # "Bright Young Thing" – 3:13 # "Blue Skies" – 3:17 # "Back to the 101" ("101" on the U.S. release) – 3:27 # "Call an Ambulance" – 3:11 # "Scared" – 4:42 # "Holiday" – 3:08 # "Hard to Live (In the City)" ("Hard to Live in the City" in the U.S.) – 5:23 # "Postal Blowfish" (U.S. and Canadian bonus track) – 2:20 # "Well...All Right" (U.S. and Canadian bonus track) – 2:27 # "101" nhanced CD Music Video(U.S. and Canadian bonus track)

Chart performance

Personnel

Band

– vocals, lead guitar, drums on "Blue Skies" * Mikki James – bass, piano, melodica on "Cartoon Music for Superheroes" * Greg Lattimer – bass, background vocals on "Scared", bells on "Blue Skies" *

– piano, background vocals and bass on "In Transit", background vocals on "Scared" * Josh Lattanzi – bass and rhythm guitar on "In Transit" * Matt Romano – drums *

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– bass and background vocals on "Scared" * Chris Feinstein – bass on "Scared" *

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– ukulele on "Call an Ambulance" * Greg Glassman – trumpet on "Hard to Live in the City" * Evan Robinson – trombone on "Hard to Live in the City" * Alex Levy – shakers on "Hard to Live in the City"

Production

* Greg Lattimer – producer *

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– engineer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yours To Keep 2006 debut albums New Line Records albums Albert Hammond Jr. albums