Passed Away, Vol. 1 is a digital

Digital

A digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...

 compilation

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Dr. Dog

Dr. Dog

Dr. Dog is a psychedelic rock band from West Grove, Pennsylvania. Its lineup currently consists of Toby Leaman , Scott McMicken , Frank McElroy , Zach Miller , and Eric Slick . Lead vocal duties are shared between Leaman and McMicken, with all members contributing harmonies...

. The album, which was released March 4, 2008, is a collection of songs from a variety of times and places, found on old tapes and demos, that the band wished to release. The songs are more lo-fi than the latter releases of Dr. Dog, comparable to their early work. Dr. Dog's traditional style of frequent doo-wop

Doo-wop

The name Doo-wop is given to a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that developed in African American communities in the 1940s and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. It emerged from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and...

 melodies occur as well, which becomes a highly noticeable characteristic for the album. All of the songs have been streaming prior to their release, at the promotional website for their previous record, We All Belong

We All Belong

We All Belong is the fourth album by Dr. Dog. It was released February 27, 2007. The album finds the band adding more to their typical indie-rock sound, including a wider variety of instruments and psychedelic group harmony. The entire record, as well as the preceding Takers and Leavers - EP, was...

. The album's format remains digital until further notice by Dr. Dog.

Track listing

1. "Oh Me Oh My" - 4:39
2. "Going Home" - 3:14
3. "The Man Who Was Wrong" - 7:14
4. "I'm Standing in the Light" - 3:58
5. "A Long Time Ago" - 3:46
6. "Oh My God" - 2:38
7. "Me and My Girl" - 3:27
8. "Eyesing the Blues" - 3:30
9. "Little Bird" - 3:55
10. "Beer Can" - 1:20