''Colours Are Brighter'' is a charity record which was released on

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on 16 October 2006, all proceeds going to

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. The CD features 13 songs aimed at children, by some of the UK's biggest indie pop bands, and was released with a set price of £9.99. Currently the album is not available to purchase on iTunes, but six songs are available on iTunes from separate albums. They are Skeleton Bang, David Wainwright’s Feet, The Monkeys Are Breaking Out The Zoo, Mud and The Big Ol Bug Is The New Baby Now. The rest are not available to download.

Track listing

# "Go Go Ninja Dinosaur" -

Four Tet Kieran Miles David Hebden (born September 1977), known as Four Tet, is an English electronic musician. He came to prominence as a member of the post-rock band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist with charting and critically acc ...

featuring Princess Watermelon # "A Skeleton Bang" - Rasputina # "Jackie Jackson" - Franz Ferdinand # "I Am An Astronaut" -

Snow Patrol Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish–Scottish Rock music, rock band formed in 1994 in Dundee, Scotland, consisting of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), and Johnny McDaid (piano, guitar, keyboards, backi ...

# "Three Cheers for Pooh, Cottleston Pie, Piglet Ho" -

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# "The King & I" -

The Kooks The Kooks () are an English indie rock band formed in 2004 in Brighton. The current lineup consists of Luke Pritchard on vocals and guitar, and Hugh Harris on bass, guitar, and synthesiser. Their music is primarily influenced by the 1960s Br ...

# " David Wainwright's Feet" -

Half Man Half Biscuit Half Man Half Biscuit are an English rock band, formed in 1984 in Birkenhead, Merseyside. Known for their satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs, the band comprises lead singer and guitarist Nigel Blackwell, bassist and singer Neil Cr ...

# "Tidy Up Tidy Up" - The Barcelona Pavilion # "Our Dog is Getting Older Now" -

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# "The Monkeys Are Breaking Out the Zoo" -

Belle and Sebastian Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in 1996. Led by Stuart Murdoch, the band has released twelve studio albums. They are often compared with acts such as the Smiths and Nick Drake. The band took their name from ...

# "Mud" - Ivor Cutler Trio # "The Big Ol' Bug Is the New Baby Now" -

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# "Night Baking" - Kathryn Williams

References

External links

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*https://hearingvoices.com/2009/04/dog-getting-older/ The link to a music website that plays Our Dog Is Getting Older Now *https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=night+baking+kathryn+williams.&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ca&client=safari&safe=active The curious case of the lyrics to Night Baking replaced with music from The Kooks {{Authority control 2006 compilation albums Charity albums