Miles from Our Home is an album by Canadian rock

Rock music

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 band Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies

Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alternative country/blues/folk rock band. The group was formed in Toronto in 1985 by Margo Timmins , Michael Timmins , Peter Timmins and Alan Anton ....

, which was released in 1998. It was their second and final album for Geffen Records

Geffen Records

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. Like all of their albums after 1988's The Trinity Session

The Trinity Session

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, it was only a modest success internationally. However, the title track was a significant hit in their native Canada

Canada

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.

Following this album, the Junkies were dropped from the Geffen record label, a common occurrence in the late 1990s for bands and artists (most famously Aimee Mann

Aimee Mann

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) who had solid, loyal fan bases but did not enjoy multiplatinum sales. Like many such artists, the Junkies moved to an independent label, in this case Latent Records

Latent Records

Latent Recordings is a Canadian independent record label owned and operated by Cowboy Junkies. The label's current incarnation is a downloading website where tracks from the old catalog, and new releases can be purchased and downloaded for play on computers and portable devices.-History:The label...

, for their subsequent albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Timmins, except where noted.

1. "New Dawn Coming" – 4:12
2. "Blue Guitar" (Michael Timmins, Townes Van Zandt
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   ) – 6:09
3. "Miles from Our Home" (Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke, Brodie Lodge) – 4:35
4. "Good Friday" – 4:02
5. "Darkling Days" (Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke) – 4:21
6. "Hollow as a Bone" – 3:26
7. "Someone Out There" (Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke) – 3:00
8. "The Summer of Discontent" (Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke, Brodie Lodge) – 4:35
9. "No Birds Today" – 4:19
10. "Those Final Feet" – 9:30 (including hidden track "At the End of the Rainbow")

Personnel

Cowboy Junkies

• Margo Timmins
  Margo Timmins
  Margo Timmins is the lead vocalist of the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies. She is the sister of Michael Timmins, the band's lead guitarist and Peter Timmins, the band's drummer...
  
   – lead vocals
• Michael Timmins – guitar
• Alan Anton – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Peter Timmins – drums
  Drum kit
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