Tower of Love is the debut album by Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

 based multi-instrumentalist Jim Noir

Jim Noir

Jim Noir is the stage name of Alan Roberts, an English singer-songwriter from Davyhulme, Manchester. Noir's stage moniker is in homage to Vic Reeves, whose real name is Jim Moir. He has released two albums to date, 2005's Tower of Love and 2008's self titled LP...

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Track listing

UK release

1. "My Patch"
2. "I Me You I'm Your"
3. "Computer Song"
4. "How to Be So Real"
5. "Eanie Meany"
6. "Tower of Love"
7. "The Key of C"
8. "Turbulent Weather"
9. "Turn Your Frown into a Smile"
10. "A Quiet Man"
11. "Eanie Meany 2"
12. "The Only Way"

U.S. release

1. "My Patch"
2. "I Me You I'm Your"
3. "Computer Song"
4. "How to Be So Real"
5. "Eanie Meany"
6. "Tower of Love"
7. "Key of C"
8. "Tell Me What to Do"
9. "Climb a Tree"
10. "Turbulent Weather"
11. "A Quiet Man"
12. "Eanie Meany 2"
13. "The Only Way"

All music written by Jim Noir.

Different versions

The album comes in three different versions. The UK release has the tracklisting as written above.
The US version's tracklisting slightly differs: it adds the songs "Tell Me What to Do" and "Climb a Tree" and omits "Turn Your Frown Into a Smile". The Japanese release is the same as the UK release but adds the tracks "Going On Holiday" and "Why".
There are also two covers, one with a door in the lighthouse, and one with no door.

Media appearances

• For the 2007 holiday season, Target
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   featured a commercial in which an adaptation of Noir's song "My Patch" is playing while windows in a large Advent calendar open and close. The original lyrics, "If you ever step on my patch / I'll bring you down, I'll bring you down" were modified. In the commercial, A different singer sings "Holidays are times of magic / We're counting down, we're counting down".
• 'My Patch' was used in a trailer for the PlayStation 3
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   video game, LittleBigPlanet
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   which was shown at the E3 games conference, and the song also appears in the full game. The song is also on the BBC Radio 4 program "The Unbelievable Truth"
• In 2006, Adidas
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   used a remix
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   of "Eanie Meany" for their World Cup
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  themed advert Josè +10, featuring the lyric "If you don't give my football back, I'm gonna get my dad on you" throughout.