We Are an Empire, My Dear is the third album by Canadian band In-Flight Safety

In-Flight Safety

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, released in 2009 on Night Danger Records. The album was produced by Laurence Currie and In-flight Safety. It was recorded primarily at Fox River School House No. 9, in Fox River, Nova Scotia, with additional recording in Halifax and Toronto

Toronto

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Critical reception

Reviews have been mixed, with critics noting a similarity to the style of the band Coldplay

Coldplay

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Track listing

All songs were written by In-Flight Safety; lyrics were written by John Mullane.

1. "I Could Love You More"
2. "Big White Elephant"
3. "Model Homes"
4. "Crash/Land"
5. "Torches"
6. "Actors"
7. "Amy Racina"
8. "Cloudhead"
9. "Paperthin II"
10. "Paperthin"
11. "The Warning"
12. "Fill Our Wounds"

Personnel

• In-Flight Safety:
  • Brad Goodsell
  • Daniel Ledwell
  • Glen Nicholson
  • John Mullane
• Guest musicians:
  • Kinley Dowling – viola
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     and violin
    Violin
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     on tracks 1, 3, 10, 11 and 12
  • Scott Remilia – vocals on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10
  • The Duffus Street Choir (Lia Rinaldo, Crad Price, Matt Charlton, Tara Thorne, Jenn Grant
    Jenn Grant
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    , Aaron Collier, Chris Pennell, Andrew Stretch, Craig Buckley, Ryan Turner, Jenna Higgins) – vocals on tracks 3 and 10