Sam Roberts - We Were Born in a Flame (2003)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "Hard Road" 4:06
2. "Where Have All the Good People Gone?" 4:22
3. "Brother Down" 4:24
4. "Higher Learning" 4:06
5. "Dead End" 3:38
6. "Taj Mahal" 4:30
7. "Every Part of Me" 3:45
8. "The Canadian Dream" 4:58
9. "Rarefied" 3:39
10. "On the Run" 2:19
11. "Don't Walk Away Eileen" 3:13
12. "No Sleep" 4:02
13. "This Wreck of a Life" 4:54
14. "Paranoia" 5:49
Sam Roberts Band Members / Musicians
Sam Roberts - Vocals and all instruments (except drums)
George Donoso - Drums on all tracks (except "Don't Walk Away Eileen")
Jordan Zadorozny - Drums on "Don't Walk Away Eileen"
Corey Zadorozny - Additional Percussion
Eric Fares - Additional keyboard
James Hall - Additional guitar
Dave Nugent - Backing vocals
We Were Born in a Flame is the debut full-length studio album by Canadian rock musician and singer/songwriter Sam Roberts. A re-recorded version of "Where Have All the Good People Gone?" was released as the album's first single in Canada and had a music video made for it. "Hard Road" was also released as a single with a music video in Canada. The songs "Brother Down" and "Don't Walk Away Eileen" had been previously released as radio/video singles in Canada to promote Roberts' previous EP, The Inhuman Condition. "Brother Down" was also re-recorded for this album. In the United States, "Brother Down" was used to promote the album, while in the United Kingdom, "Don't Walk Away Eileen" was used.
Earlier versions of "Brother Down", "Taj Mahal", "The Canadian Dream", "On The Run", "Climb Over Me", and "Paranoia" all previously appeared on Roberts' 2000 independently released Brother Down.
The album won two Juno Awards in 2004: Album of the Year and Rock Album Of The Year. Roberts also won the Juno award for Artist of the Year.
Sam Roberts (born October 2, 1974) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has released seven albums. His debut EP The Inhuman Condition, reached the Canadian charts in 2002. He and his bandmates have released three albums as Sam Roberts and four albums as Sam Roberts Band. He is also a member of Canadian supergroup Anyway Gang, who released their debut self-titled album in 2019. Roberts has been nominated, together with his band, for fifteen Juno Awards, winning six, including Artist of the Year twice (2004 and 2009) and Album of the Year once (2004).
Sam Roberts Band Members / Musicians
Sam Roberts (lead vocals, guitar)
Dave Nugent (lead guitar)
Eric Fares (keyboard, guitar)
James Hall (bass)
Josh Trager (drums)
Corey Zadorozny (drums)
Chet Doxas (tenor saxophone)
Sam Roberts Discography Full
As Sam Roberts
2003 We Were Born in a Flame
2006 Chemical City
2008 Love at the End of the World
As Sam Roberts Band
2011 Collider
2014 Lo-Fantasy
2016 TerraForm
2020 All of Us
With Anyway Gang
2019 Anyway Gang
