''All Fall Down'' is the eighth studio album by recording artist

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and Patty Griffin.

Track listing

#"All Fall Down" (

, John Leventhal) – 3:49 #"American Jerusalem" ( Rod MacDonald) – 5:14 #"Knowing What I Know Now" (Colvin, Leventhal) – 3:24 #"Seven Times the Charm" (Colvin, Leventhal,

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) – 4:26 #"Anne of the Thousand Days" (Colvin,

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) – 4:26 #"The Neon Lights of the Saints" (Colvin, Leventhal) – 2:55 #"Change Is on the Way" (Colvin, Patty Griffin) – 3:16 #"I Don't Know You" (Colvin,

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) – 3:32 #"Fall of Rome" (Colvin,

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) – 3:54 #"Up On That Hill" ( Mick Flannery) – 3:44 #"On My Own" ( B. W. Stevenson) – 3:01

Chart positions

Reception

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gave the album three stars out of five, saying the music heals, and particularly praising the song "American Jerusalem", which he says "will resonate for anyone who ever hated the Big Apple, even for a New York minute".

References

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