Join the Parade is the fourth studio album by American

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 singer-songwriter Marc Cohn

Marc Cohn

Marc Craig Cohn is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician.- Personal life :Cohn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Beachwood High School in Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb. He then attended Oberlin College....

, released in 2007.

An MP3 version of the album was available on iTunes

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 on September 25, 2007 and contained the bonus track "You're a Shadow", which is not on the studio release.

The first track off the album to hit airplay starting in mid-September was "Listening to Levon".

A video that talks about the making of "Join the Parade" was put out by Decca Records

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 on Amazon.com

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 where Marc talks about the making of the album. He also discusses the many topics of the songs, including New Orleans, post-Katrina, and life after being shot in the head during a failed carjacking attempt.

Track listing

All songs written by Marc Cohn, except "Dance Back from the Grave" written by Marc Cohn and Rick Bragg; "Let Me Be Your Witness" written by Marc Cohn and Kenny White; "Live Out the String" written by Marc Cohn and Michael Silverstone; "Giving Up the Ghost" written by Marc Cohn and John Leventhal

John Leventhal

John Leventhal is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright, The Wreckers and many others...

; and "Join the Parade" written by Marc Cohn, Malcolm Burn

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Malcolm Burn is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. In 2001, he won a Grammy Award with Jim Watts and Emmylou Harris for his work on Harris's Red Dirt Girl. -Biography:...

, and Kevin Salem.

1. "Listening to Levon" – 4:48
2. "The Calling (Ghost of Charlie Christian
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   )" – 4:54
3. "Dance Back from the Grave" – 4:42
4. "If I Were an Angel" – 5:50
5. "Let Me Be Your Witness" – 4:30
6. "Live Out the String" – 4:21
7. "Giving Up the Ghost" – 3:43
8. "Join the Parade" – 4:32
9. "My Sanctuary" – 5:47
10. "Life Goes On" – 3:49
11. "You're a Shadow" – 4:37 (bonus track version only - available through iTunes
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