Last Update: March 7 2008

DISCOGRAPHY

Some Strange Metaphor: A Karen Kosowski Site
"After all my instincts and complicated prayers/Don't tell me I'm the only one with nothing to declare..."

Discography derived from official site.  Spot a problem?  Send me a verbal spanking via iciclespark@yahoo.com.

  Live At Rogue's Gallery


Released: February 1999
Release Type: Full-length live album, available for sale
Availability?: Out of print.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Marianne
2. Excuse Me
3. Check
4. Not Ready
5. Church
6. Music Box Dancer
7. Saskatchewan
8. New Person
9. Wooden Feet
10.Caught A Cold
11.Walk Away
12.I Want You To Smile

Planet


Released: November 1999
Release Type: EP, available for sale
Availability?: Out of print.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Home
2. Walls
3. Planet
4. Tell Me Now
5. Nothing To Declare

Don't Tell My Heart


Released: ? 2000 (uncertain)
Release Type: Promotional release - Online Only
Availability?: No longer available. See links for potential source for MP3.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Don't Tell My Heart

Optimist Party


Released: October 2002
Release Type: Full-length album, available for sale
Availability?: Out of print.  Select tracks available on Wish On A Star comp. Also available on iTunes.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Intro
2. Optimist Party
3. Trying Anyway
4. Stained Glass Window
5. Crazy Little Game
6. Dyin' For Ya
7. Wish On A Star
8. Casual Goodbye
9. Woman
10.Fire Burn Me
11.Over Here
12.My Oh My
13.Goodbye
14.Don't Assume

Bonus: Wannabe

I Have Turned Off The TV


Released: February 2004
Release Type: Promotional sampler
Availability?: No longer available.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Important (demo)
2. Sunday Afternoon

Rambling Freepee


Released: June 2004
Release Type: Promotional sampler
Availability?: No longer available.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Important (demo)
2. Love & Bandaids (demo)

Live At The B-Side


Released: July 2004
Release Type: Limited edition live album, available for sale
Availability?: Quantities were limited as release was hand-numbered. OOP.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Don't Assume
2. Love & Bandaids
3. Tragic
4. We'll Find You
5. Important
6. Tell Me Now

Sampler CD


Released: August 2005
Release Type: Promotional sampler
Availability?: Officially, OOP. I have a few spares from promo work. Email me about getting one (for free, of course).

TRACKLISTING:
1. Love & Bandaids
2. Scared To Death
3. Karma Police (live)
4. Out Here At Sea


Contains multimedia video of live performances of Karma Police and Out Here At Sea.

Out Here At Sea


Released: September 2005
Release Type: Full-length album, available for sale
Availability?: Available at shows and online.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Tragic
2. Important
3. Love & Bandaids
4. Scared To Death
5. Tell Me What I'm Doing Wrong
6. No One's Watching
7. We'll Find You
8. Slide
9. Out Here At Sea

Bonus: See You Cry (hidden track)

Wish On A Star (compilation)


Released: June 2006
Release Type: Full-length compilation featuring tracks from OOP albums, live recordings and previously unreleased material, available for sale
Availability?: Available at shows and online.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Wish On A Star
2. Trying Anyway
3. Crazy Little Game
4. Goodbye
5. Wannabe
6. Don't Assume (live)
7. Nothing To Declare (live)
8. Monday
9. Always Been Kind
10. East Coast
11. You Do

Contains multimedia content, a first for a major Karen release.

Meeting The Future At Full Speed


Released: March 2008 (advance Dropcard download available January 2008)
Release Type: Full-length album, available for sale
Availability?: Available at shows and online.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Meeting The Future At Full Speed
2. Land On Your Feet
3. Over and Over
4. Your Day Will Come
5. Stars In Our Eyes
6. Life Is Short Enough
7. Love You Anyways
8. Can't Fail Anymore
9. More Than A Sign
10. Faded Souvenirs