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crashed on October 31, 2005. By April 2006, the EP had sold over 13,000 copies. By August 2008, the EP had sold 37,000 copies.

CD

The CD includes seven studio-recorded acoustic songs (five of which had been previously released non-acoustically on past albums, and two of which were new), two previously unreleased non-acoustic songs (one of which was an

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cover), and one live acoustic song. The song "Winter", one of the new acoustic songs, was specifically dedicated to Holohan, and the song "Megan", the other new acoustic song, is a cover of a

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song and features guest vocals from the Smoking Popes' lead singer,

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Track listing

DVD

The DVD includes an acoustic set of the band's performance at the

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, Chicago, on the Never Sleep Again Tour in 2005, a "making of the album" video, and a montage segment in memory of Holohan. The songs from the live performance that are found on the DVD include six of the seven studio-recorded acoustic songs found on the CD, with the exception of "Winter". Instead, the song "Don't Call Me Peanut" appears, which coincidentally is the live track found on the CD.

Track listing

# "Masterpiece" # "They Looked Like Strong Hands" # "Megan" # "Blame It On Bad Luck" # "Montauk" # "Don't Call Me Peanut" # "Devotion and Desire"

Charts

References

External links

''Acoustic''
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