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The Place We Ran From

The Place We Ran From
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Studio album by Tired Pony
Released June 5, 2010 (2010-06-05)
Recorded January 5–12, 2010, at Type Foundry, Portland, Oregon, United States; with Tom Smith, Betsey Lee, and Esme Lee recorded in the Santa Monica Mountains and Zooey Deschanel recorded at East West, Hollywood, California, United States
Genre Indie folk, alternative country, alternative rock
Length 45:29
Label Mom + Pop Music, Fiction Records/Polydor Records
Producer Jacknife Lee
Tired Pony chronology
The Place We Ran From
(2010)
The Ghost of the Mountain
(2013)
Singles from The Place We Ran From
  1. "Dead American Writers"
    Released: 2010
  2. "Get on the Road"
    Released: 2010 (promo)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 68/100
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars
The Guardian 3/5 stars
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars
Uncut 4/5 stars

The Place We Ran From is the debut album by the alternative rock/alt country supergroup Tired Pony, released on July 5, 2010, through Polydor/Fiction in the United Kingdom and on July 28, 2010, in the United States by Mom and Pop. The album grew from what was initially a solo project for Snow Patrol songwriter Gary Lightbody which rapidly became a collaboration with members of Belle and Sebastian, R.E.M., and producer Jacknife Lee joining as well as contributions from actress and singer Zooey Deschanel, guitarist M. Ward, and Tom Smith of the indie rock group Editors. The tracks were recorded over the course of one week in January 2010, in Portland, Oregon. The album was recorded over the course of one week in January 2010 and charted in over a half dozen countries.

Lightbody had a "long-term ambition" of making a country album and revealed the project's existence in May 2009. In the interview, he expressed his love for country music, which he said he had loved for a long time: "I always thought I had a country album in me and it turns out I did." The rest of Snow Patrol expressed excitement for their band-mate, "delighted that [Lightbody was] getting to exercise all his crazy ideas." In October 2009, Lightbody in his blog on Snow Patrol's website revealed the members of the group to be Richard Colburn (of Belle & Sebastian), Iain Archer, singer Miriam Kaufmann (Archer's wife), and Jacknife Lee. He talked about two more members whom he was very excited about, but didn't name them. He also stated that the album won't be country as was being reported, but would be "country-tinged". In January 2010, Hot Press reported Peter Buck (of R.E.M.) to be a member of the group. Lightbody described Buck as one of his "all-time heroes" and admired his talent for playing a variety of instruments.


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