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1	The Closest	4:48
2	Dermo	3:34
3	Can't Smile	4:49
4	Untitled	5:18
5	Itch	3:46
6	Bully Me Cello – Stefanie Fife	4:53
7	Cause And Solution Voice [Sample] – Carrie Salmon	4:27
8	Start With A Strong And Persistent Desire	3:52
9	Clone Jesus	4:36
10	Sleep Does Nothing For You	3:55
11	Vert	7:01
12	Fast Cars Engineer [Additional] [Uncredited] – Mike FraserEngineer [Uncredited] – Baz Cox	4:52
13	Tired	3:55

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records America, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records America, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Record Company – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Published By – EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
• Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
• Published By – Dead Cat Bounce Music
• Recorded At – SW1 Studios
• Recorded At – Standard Electrical Recorders
• Mixed At – The Warehouse Studio
• Mixed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
• Designed At – Mysterious Cat

Credits

• A&R [I Am] – Ross Robinson
• A&R [Virgin] – Eric Ferris, Tony Berg
• Art Direction, Design – Corin Hardy
• Band [Vex Red, Drums] – Ben Calvert
• Bass, Keyboards, Programmed By [Programming] – Keith Lambert
• Drums – Ash Soan*
• Engineer – Baz Cox (tracks: 5)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Mike 'Quizzo' Terry*
• Guitar, Bass – Nick Goulding
• Guitar, Keyboards – Anthony Forbes
• Illustration – David Lupton
• Legal – Eric Greenspan
• Lyrics By – Terry Abbott
• Management – Fiona Collett, John Reese, Rodney Afshari
• Management [Business, At] – EAI*
• Management [Business] – Mike Donovan
• Management [For] – Freeze Management
• Management [I Am Recordings] – Jean Lazarus
• Mixed By, Engineer – Mike Fraser
• Music By – Vex Red
• Percussion [Additional] – Sonny Mayo
• Photography By [Original] – Drew Jarrett
• Producer – Ross Robinson
• Vocals, Guitar – Terry Abbott

Notes

Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. obo EMI Music Pub. Ltd. and Dead Cat Bounce Music (BMI).
Manufactured by Toshiba-EMI Ltd. in Japan.
Made In Japan
Tracks 13 & 14 are bonus tracks for Japan.

Song 5 recorded December 2000 @ SW1 Studios.
All other songs recorded April 2001 @ Standard Electrical Recorder, Venice, CA.
Songs 7, 9, 10, 11 mixed May, 2001 @ The Warehouse, Vancouver, B.C.
Songs 1 to 6, 8 mixed October, 2001 @ Record Plant, Hollywood, CA.
Sonny Mayo appears courtesy of I Am Recordings/Virgin Records America, Inc.

Although Ashley 'Stixman' Soan plays drums on all tracks, Ben Calvert joined as drummer for Vex Red before this release.

Obi gives the alternate Japanese title "欲望の扉".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Written): 4 988006 801288
• Barcode (Scanned): 4988006801288
• Matrix / Runout: VJCP-68421 1
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L153
• Mould SID Code: ifpi 28T2
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDVUS 215, 7243 8 11798 2 6	Vex Red	Start With A Strong And Persistent Desire ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin, This Is An I Am Recording!	CDVUS 215, 7243 8 11798 2 6	UK	2002
CDVUS 215, 7243 8 11798 2 6	Vex Red	Start With A Strong And Persistent Desire ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin, This Is An I Am Recording!	CDVUS 215, 7243 8 11798 2 6	Australia	2002
VUSLP215, 7243 8 11789 1	Vex Red	Start With A Strong And Persistent Desire ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin, Virgin, This Is An I Am Recording!	VUSLP215, 7243 8 11789 1	Europe	2002
7087 6 16817 2 7 DPRO-16817	Vex Red	Start With A Strong And Persistent Desire (Advance) ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	I Am Recordings, Virgin	7087 6 16817 2 7 DPRO-16817	US	2002
none	Vex Red	Start With A Strong And Persistent Desire ‎(CDr, Album, Promo)	EMI Music Publishing United Kingdom	none	UK	2002

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