The Difference Between Houses and Homes

The Difference Between Houses and Homes: Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001
Compilation album by
Cursive
Released2005
GenreEmo, post-hardcore, indie rock
Length39:13
LabelSaddle Creek
ProducerA.J. Mogis and Mike Mogis
Cursive chronology
The Ugly Organ
(2003) 		The Difference Between Houses and Homes: Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001
(2005) 		Happy Hollow
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Kludge8/10[2]
Punknews.org[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

The Difference Between Houses and Homes (2005) is a compilation by American indie band Cursive of some of their early material. It is subtitled Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001. This compilation features songs from The Icebreaker 7", The Disruption 7", Sucker and Dry 7", and the split between Cursive and Small Brown Bike.

This album is the 70th release of Saddle Creek Records.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dispenser"3:09
2."Pivotal"2:48
3."Sucker & Dry"3:07
4."Icebreakers"4:48
5."And the Bit Just Chokes Them"4:53
6."There's a Coldest Day in Every Year"2:26
7."A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Things"2:52
8."Nostalgia"3:26
9."The Knowledgeable Hasbeens"3:02
10."Polar"5:40
11."A Disruption in Our Lines of Influence"2:23
12."I Thought There'd Be More Than This"2:39

Personnel: Tracks 1-7 and 9-12

Personnel: Track 8

Additional information

  • The artwork on the album and the story book that accompanies it was drawn by Yuriko Yoshino, a member of the Japanese punk band, Eastern Youth, with whom Cursive did a split.
  • All songs mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Studio B in Omaha, NE.

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ kludge review
  3. ^ Punknews.org review
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review