Small Planes

Article summary

Small Planes, subtitled Lost and Found Songs: 1996–2001, is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band the Innocence Mission, released on September 25, 2001 by What Are Records?. It consists of new and previously unreleased songs recorded by the band following the release of their 1995 album Glow. The album was released to positive reviews, with several publications describing it as an "outtake" album that contains better material than the primary work of most other bands. Small Planes was issued on vinyl for the first time on November 3, 2021. The vinyl featured an alternate track listing and the song "A Thousand Miles", which had been excluded from the original release.

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1. release date: 2001-09-25 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2001-09-25 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2000 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2001 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324259031