| The Place We Ran From |
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| Released | June 5, 2010 (2010-06-05) |
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| 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 |
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| Genre | Indie folk, alternative country, alternative rock |
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| Length | 45:29 |
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| Label | Mom + Pop Music, Fiction Records/Polydor Records |
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| Producer | Jacknife Lee |
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- "Dead American Writers"
Released: 2010
- "Get on the Road"
Released: 2010 (promo)
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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.