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Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Howden. #"A Cipher In A Foreign Sky" - 1:56 #"Violet Light" - 5:03 #"There Is No Escape" - 6:35 #"Capable of Cruelty" - 4:04 #"Sandcastles" - 3:45 #"Still Inside You" - 4:49 #"Phantom Limb / Divided By Night" - 8:09 #"Relentless" - 4:03 #"Imagined Life" - 4:01 #"The Moment That I'll Miss" - 3:37 #"Scent" - 6:34 #"Drag The Morning" - 4:19 #"Unrequited / Stolen Lakes" - 8:07

Performance credits

*Eric Howden – electric and acoustic guitars, all tracks; lead and harmony vocals, all tracks; bass guitar, all tracks; piano, all tracks; synthesizer, all tracks; hammond organ, all tracks; dial tone, track 12; drum loop, track 9 *Brady Parr – drums and percussion, all tracks *Chris Donais – additional guitar, tracks 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12

Film and television

Film *

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'' (2007) featured ''Violet Light''. *

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(2008) featured ''Capable Of Cruelty'', ''Still Inside You'', and ''Phantom Limb/ Divided By Night''. Television *Canadian television series

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featured ''Violet Light'' and ''Relentless'' in Season 2: Episodes 3 and 4, respectively (2007). * CTV's Whister featured ''Violet Light'' in Episode 8 (2007). *

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featured ''Violet Light'', ''Phantom Limb/ Divided By Night'' and ''Relentless'' in Episodes 1, 6 and 8, respectively (2009). *Canadian television series Continuum featured ''Imagined Life'' at the end of the episode in Season 4: Episodes 2 (2015).

References

{{Authority control 2005 debut albums Raised by Swans albums