Welcome to the North is the second album

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 by British

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 rock band

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 The Music, first released in September 2004 (see 2004 in music

2004 in music

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).

This album has been released with the Copy Control

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 protection system in some regions.

Track listing

• All tracks written by The Music.

1. "Welcome to the North" – 5:10
2. "Freedom Fighters
   Freedom Fighters (song)
   "Freedom Fighters" is a song from The Music's second album, Welcome to the North. It was also the first single from that album, released in Japan in late August 2004 as an EP and in the UK and elsewhere in Europe as a single in early September 2004...
   
   " – 3:44
3. "Bleed from Within" – 6:27
4. "Breakin'
   Breakin' (song)
   "Breakin’ " is a song from The Music's second album, Welcome to the North. It was also the second single from that album, released in the UK and elsewhere in Europe as a single in early January 2005 and in Japan in early March 2005 as an EP...
   
   " – 3:58
5. "Cessation" – 3:51
6. "Fight the Feeling" – 4:12
7. "Guide" – 4:13
8. "Into the Night" – 3:59
9. "I Need Love" – 3:46
10. "One Way In, No Way Out" – 3:50
11. "Open Your Mind" (contains the hidden track
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     "The Walls Get Smaller") – 11:58

B-Sides

• "So Low"
• "Come What May"

In the UK

• "Freedom Fighters
  Freedom Fighters (song)
  "Freedom Fighters" is a song from The Music's second album, Welcome to the North. It was also the first single from that album, released in Japan in late August 2004 as an EP and in the UK and elsewhere in Europe as a single in early September 2004...
  
  ", single
  Single (music)
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   released 6 September 2004 and charted as high as #15 in the UK Singles Charts link
• "Breakin'
  Breakin' (song)
  "Breakin’ " is a song from The Music's second album, Welcome to the North. It was also the second single from that album, released in the UK and elsewhere in Europe as a single in early January 2005 and in Japan in early March 2005 as an EP...
  
  ", single released 10 January 2005 and charted as high as #20 in the UK Single Charts link

In Japan

• "Freedom Fighters", EP
  Extended play
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   released 25 August 2004 link (in Japanese)
• "Bleed From Within", EP released 22 December 2004 link (in Japanese)
• "Breakin'", EP released 9 March 2005 link (in Japanese)

Special edition

On 24 January 2005, an expanded version of the album was released and features extra live tracks recorded at the Liverpool Academy. link

Extra tracks

1. "Welcome to the North" (live)
2. "The People" (live)
3. "Freedom Fighters" (live)
4. "I Need Love" (live)
5. "Bleed From Within" (live)
6. "Take the Long Road and Walk It" (live)

Release details

The album has been released in various countries.

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	8 September 2004	Toshiba-EMI Toshiba-EMI (formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	VJCP-68680
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	20 September 2004	Virgin Records Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...	2LP	V2989
			CD	CDV2989
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	20 September 2004	Virgin Records	CD	864 3742
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	19 October 2004	Capitol Records Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...	CD	CDP 7243 8 78516 2 6
United Kingdom	24 January 2005	Virgin Records	Special Edition 2CD	CDVX2989

External links

• Official UK site
• Official US site
• Capitol Records site
• Welcome to the North (mini site)
• The Music dot info (with live mp3 tracks from Welcome To The North)
• THE MUSIC SQUAD (in Japanese)
• Liverpool Academy