The Thorns (album)

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The Thorns
Studio album by The Thorns
Released	May 20, 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	Rock
Length	43:01
Label	Aware
Producer	Brendan O'Brien

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]

The Thorns is the only studio album by rock supergroup The Thorns. Released by Aware Records in 2003, it was produced by Brendan O'Brien following songwriting sessions by the three members (Matthew Sweet, Pete Droge and Shawn Mullins) before they officially became a band.

All songs written by Shawn Mullins, Matthew Sweet and Pete Droge unless otherwise noted.

1. "Runaway Feeling" – 3:28
2. "I Can't Remember" – 3:31
3. "Blue" (Mark Olson, Gary Louris) – 2:53
4. "Think It Over" – 3:26
5. "Thorns" – 2:56
6. "No Blue Sky" (Mullins, Droge, Marshall Altman, Glen Phillips) – 4:38
7. "Now I Know" (Sweet) – 1:56
8. "Dragonfly" – 3:06
9. "Long, Sweet Summer Night" – 3:12
10. "I Told You" – 3:07
11. "Such a Shame" – 3:36
12. "I Set the World on Fire" – 3:04
13. "Among the Living" – 4:08

• Matthew Sweet – vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vihuela, baritone ukulele, marxophone, keyboards, percussion
• Shawn Mullins – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, vihuela, keyboards, percussion, dulcimer
• Pete Droge – vocals, acoustic, electric and baritone guitar, ukelin, keyboards, cymbals
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Greg Leisz – mandola, mandolin, pedal steel, lap steel and 12-string electric guitar, electric dulcimer
• Brendan O'Brien – acoustic and electric guitar, bass, hurdy-gurdy, marxophone, bass harmonica, keyboards, percussion
• Roy Bittan – piano, electric piano

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