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Affection' and album tracks 'Up Against The Wall' and 'The Chills' are also examples of this. The album version of the track 'Let's Call It Off' contains a sample of the song 'Ancient Curse', the B-Side to the Young Folks single, at the end. Along with the reissues of the first two Peter Bjorn And John albums with bonus tracks, Writer's Block was rereleased with an extra disc featuring the B-Sides, remixes, single mixes and remixes from the album campaign, along with the videos of the album's three singles and three live tracks from the Roskilde Festival, 2007.
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Affection" uses more folk-rock production and use of acoustic guitar with a more noticeable vocal melody than the windswept, shoegazing-style album version, while the single mix of "Let's Call It Off" uses steel drums and a 'calypso' style in contrast to the
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