Are We Not Horses Explained

Are We Not Horses
Type:studio
Artist:Rock Plaza Central
Cover:wearenothorses.jpg
Released:2006
Genre:Indie folk
Length:38:51
Label:Yep Roc/Outside Music
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Prev Year:2003
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Next Year:2009

Are We Not Horses is an album by Rock Plaza Central. Despite being first released independently, the disc made many top ten lists for 2006, including #8 for CMJ Editor-in-Chief Kenny Herzog, Pitchfork staff writer Stephen Deusner and Americana-UK lead writer David Cowling. Because the album did not receive an official US release through Yep Roc Records until mid-2007,[1] it made several of those year-end lists as well, including Magnets "10 Great Hidden Treasures of 2007", calling it "2007's finest folk/rock find".

The album has also recently been taught in a graduate English course at the University of South Alabama, alongside frontman Chris Eaton's first novel, 2003's The Inactivist.

Track listing

  1. "I Am an Excellent Steel Horse" – 3:12
  2. "How Shall I to Heaven Aspire?" – 2:02
  3. "My Children, Be Joyful" – 5:51
  4. "Anthem for the Already Defeated" – 2:03
  5. "Fifteen Hands" – 3:50
  6. "Are We Not Horses?" – 3:06
  7. "When We Go, How We Go (Part 1)" – 2:25
  8. "Our Pasts, Like Lighthouses" – 4:13
  9. "8/14/03" – 0:56
  10. "Our Hearts Will Not Rust" – 3:44
  11. "When We Go, How We Go (Part II)" – 3:25
  12. "We've Got a Lot to Be Glad For" – 3:58

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40602/Rock_Plaza_Central_Sign_to_Yep_Roc Rock Plaza Central Sign to Yep Roc | Pitchfork