''Tall Tall Shadow'' is the third full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter

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, released September 30, 2013 on

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. Some early copies were sold with a limited-edition bonus disc, titled ''Live in London'', which featured live performances of five songs from the original album. The album was produced by Tim Kingsbury and Mark Lawson. The album was inspired in part by the death of someone in Bulat's personal life, although she has not provided extensive detail about it to the media."Basia Bulat steps into the Shadow"
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'', October 10, 2013. At the time of the death, Bulat had an entirely different album ready to record, but felt that she could no longer connect to the material. Instead, she decided to make an album which acknowledged the pain she was going through while ultimately being hopeful and uplifting. Some of the album's tracks were recorded in a

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neighbourhood."Ontario folk singer Basia Bulat steps out of her comfort zone"
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'', October 11, 2013. The album was a shortlisted nominee for the

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at the Juno Awards of 2014, and for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize."Arcade Fire, Drake, Shad make Polaris Music Prize short list"

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, July 15, 2014.

Track listing

''Live in London''

# "The City With No Rivers" # "Tall Tall Shadow" # "Five, Four" # "Someone" # "It Can't Be You"

References

2013 albums Basia Bulat albums Secret City Records albums {{2010s-folk-album-stub