The Needles the Space is the second album by Straylight Run

Straylight Run

Straylight Run was an indie rock band based in Baldwin, New York. Two of the members, Nolan and Cooper, had been members of Taking Back Sunday and have now rejoined that band. Their final releases are the EPs About Time and Un Mas Dos, preceded by the full-length album entitled The Needles The...

. The first single from the album is "Soon We'll Be Living in the Future". The Needles The Space debuted at #72 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 chart, garnering first week sales of over 9,800.

Track listing

(all songs written by Straylight Run, except where noted otherwise)

1. "The Words We Say" - 3:24
2. "The Miracle That Never Came" - 2:33
3. "Soon We'll Be Living in the Future" - 2:54
4. "How Do I Fix My Head" - 4:49
5. "Who Will Save Us Now" - 3:50
6. "Cover Your Eyes" - 3:25
7. "We'll Never Leave Again" - 5:37
8. "Take It to Manhattan" - 2:52
9. "Still Alone" (Straylight Run and Isaac Burker) - 2:45
10. "This Is the End" - 3:36
11. "Buttoned Down" - 3:46
12. "Track #12" - 1:16
13. "The First of the Century" (Straylight Run and Isaac Burker) - 4:50

Newbury Comics

• "I'm Only Sleeping" (Beatles
  The Beatles
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   cover) (acoustic)
• "Peach, Plum, Pear" (Joanna Newsom
  Joanna Newsom
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   cover)
• "One by One" (Woody Guthrie
  Woody Guthrie
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   cover)

These tracks were released as a separate EP, the 3 Track EP

3 Track EP

3 Track EP is a 2007 release from indie rock band Straylight Run. The album contains the three tracks that were released as Newbury Comics bonus tracks from their 2007 album The Needles the Space.-Track listing:...

.

iTunes

• "I'd Be Lying"
• "Waiting on the Weekend"
• "Soon We'll Be Living in the Future" (acoustic)
• "This Is the End" (acoustic)
• "The Words We Say" (acoustic)

Credits

• John Nolan - vocals, guitar, piano
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• Michelle DaRosa - vocals, guitar, piano
• Shaun Cooper
  Shaun Cooper (bassist)
  Shaun Cooper is the bassist in the rock bands Taking Back Sunday, Straylight Run, and Destry.- Biography :Shaun "Sweet Cheeks" William Cooper was born November 12, 1980 in Baldwin, New York. Like his band mates, John Nolan and Michelle DaRosa, he attended Baldwin Senior High School, graduating in...
  
   - bass
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• Will Noon
  Will Noon
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   - drums
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• Isaac Burker - guitar
  Guitar
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• Bill Jahn - Marching Percussion Arrangement and Performance
• Adam Morgan - Clarinet
• Tim Brennan - Mandolin
• Sean McCabe - Trombone
• Chris Valentino - Baritone, Tenor
• Jeff Wissert - Trumpet
• Bryan Russell
  Bryan Russell
  Bryan Russell is an American record producer. His credits include artists such as Straylight Run, Envy on the Coast, The Academy Is, and Anterrabae, and has also worked on records with Coldplay, Dream Theater, Paul Simon, Blue Wolf and Steely Dan. He is currently living and working out of New...
  
   - Engineer, Mixer
• Mike Sapone
  Mike Sapone
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  - Engineer