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-based musician, John Davis. It was released on February 23, 2010 in digital formats by The Ernest Jenning Record Co. and in the LP format by

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. It was recorded in January 2009 at Brookland Studios, Silver Sonya Studios and The National Crayon Museum. Davis performed all of the vocals and instruments on the record except for Kriston Capps (saxophone on "No, Girl") and

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"). The album contains nine songs by Davis and two covers (

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Track listing

All Songs Written by John Davis unless noted otherwise #"Every Little Bit Hurts" – 3:18 #"No, Girl" – 3:31 #"Black Bubblegum" – 3:06 #"Piles of Paper" – 3:01 #"Hello There" – 3:43 #"Tougher Than the Rest" (

) – 2:36 #"Steady Love" – 2:50 #"It Was Easy" – 2:18 #"At Fifteen" – 2:34 #"Found Out" – 2:35 #"She Don't Care About Time" (

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