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The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell

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The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell
Studio album by
Released2002
GenreFolk, Indie folk
Anaïs Mitchell chronology
The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell
(2002)
Hymns for the Exiled
(2004)

The Song They Sang... When Rome Fell is the 2002 debut release by Vermont-based American singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell. The album was made during the singer's 6-month stay in Austin, Texas, and was recorded in a single afternoon.[1] It consists of Mitchell playing her acoustic guitar and singing with sparse production.[2] The record is currently out of print[3] and is not referenced among the rest of Mitchell's albums on her site's discography section.[4]

Track listing

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  1. The Calling
  2. Parking Lot Nudie Bar
  3. Make It Up
  4. Hymn For The Exiled
  5. Work Makes Free
  6. Deliberately
  7. The Routine
  8. Orleanna
  9. The Song They Sang When Rome Fell
  10. Hold This
  11. Go Fuck Yourself [5]

Notes

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  1. ^ "'Hadestown' creator Anaïs Mitchell performs with Bonny Light Horseman at Strathmore". WTOP-FM. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  2. ^ "words in edgeways with anaïs mitchell". Wears the Trousers. Archived from the original on 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  3. ^ "Anais Mitchell, Bethanie Yeakle share Hooker-Dunham stage". Brattleboro Reformer. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  4. ^ "Anais Mitchell, Records". Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  5. ^ The last track is a "bonus track" of sorts and was recorded before a live audience at Mitchell's alma mater, Middlebury College