Songs from the Film


Songs from the Film is Tommy Keene's second full-length album and his major label debut. Originally released on LP and cassette in 1986, it wasn't available on CD until 1998.
The album hit #148 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Keene, except where noted
  1. "Places That Are Gone" – 2:53
  2. "In Our Lives" – 2:59
  3. "Listen to Me" – 3:52
  4. "Paper Words and Lies" – 2:23
  5. "Gold Town" – 2:57
  6. "Kill Your Sons" – 5:02
  7. *Originally recorded by Lou Reed, 1974
  8. "Call on Me" – 3:04
  9. "As Life Goes By" – 2:23
  10. "My Mother Looked Like Marilyn Monroe" – 3:19
  11. "Underworld" – 5:00
  12. "Astronomy" – 1:28
  13. "The Story Ends" – 3:48
Bonus tracks on the 1998 CD version
  1. "Take Back Your Letters" – 4:24
  2. *Previously unreleased; Songs from the Film outtake
  3. "Run Now" – 4:42
  4. *Originally released on the Run Now EP
  5. "Away from It All" – 2:54
  6. *From Run Now
  7. "I Don't Feel Right at All" – 3:42
  8. *From Run Now
  9. "Back Again" – 4:03
  10. *From Run Now
  11. "They're in Their Own World" – 3:45
  12. *From Run Now
  13. "We're Two" – 3:20
  14. *Previously unreleased; recorded in 1984
  15. "Faith in Love" – 3:15
  16. *Previously unreleased; recorded in 1984
  17. "Teenage Head" – 3:44
  18. *Originally recorded by Flamin' Groovies, 1971
  19. *Previously unreleased; recorded live-in-the-studio
note: On the CD, "Take Back Your Letters" appears between "Underworld" and "Astronomy"; the remainder of the bonus tracks follow "The Story Ends").

Personnel

The band

In 1998, Geffen released Songs from the Film on CD with nine bonus tracks.