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Sunday Sloan #4 (Sunday Shuffle #477)

The last time I had a Sloan-centric edition of the Shuffle was back in November 2016, right before I saw them in concert for the first time. They have a new album coming out on April 6, so it's time to start listening to their music in preparation and this is the perfect kickoff to that. This will be their 12th album (appropriately titled 12); I have albums #2-11 (plus 1 EP and a couple new songs from their best-of...I will skip the Christmas singles if they pop up) loaded into my iTunes, so today's shuffle will go as long as it takes to get each album represented. I'm pretty sure I'm going to go see them again when they come to Chicago in June...if anyone wants to go, let me know!

Let's get to today's yet-to-be-determined number of songs...

1. A Side Wins (25) - from One Chord To Another
2. She's Slowin' Down Again (30) - from The Double Cross
3. Shame Shame (20) - from Twice Removed
4. I Was Wrong (21) - from Action Pact
5. The Good In Everyone (24) - from One Chord To Another
6. Shadow of Love (32) - from The Double Cross
7. Money City Maniacs (21) - from Navy Blues
8. 400 Metres (22) - from One Chord To Another
9. Losing California (18) - from Between the Bridges
10. Dreaming Of You (12) - from Pretty Together
11. Witch's Wand (14) - from Parallel Play
12. I Know You (27) - from Never Hear the End of It
13. Anyone Who's Anyone (23) - from One Chord To Another
14. The Rest of My Life (20) - from Action Pact
15. Penpals (21) - from Twice Removed
16. Before the End of the Race (29) - from Never Hear the End of It
17. Last Time in Love (28) - from Never Hear the End of It
18. Can't Your Figure It Out? (31) - from Never Hear the End of It
19. What's Inside (16) - from Commonwealth

Let's break this down by songwriters before we get out of here...

Jay Ferguson - 4
Chris Murphy - 6
Patrick Pentland - 5
Andrew Scott - 4

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