What It Takes to Move Forward

What It Takes to Move Forward
Studio album by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
Released	September 29, 2009
Genre	Emo, indie rock
Length	55:39
Label	Count Your Lucky Stars Records
Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) chronology
Year of the Rabbit (2008) What It Takes to Move Forward (2009) You Will Eventually Be Forgotten (2014)

What It Takes to Move Forward is the debut LP by Fenton, Michigan emo band Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), released in 2009 on Count Your Lucky Stars Records.^[1]

Track listing

1. "How to Make Love Stay" - 4:24
2. "Keep What You Have Built Up Here" - 5:09
3. "What Safe Means" - 4:01
4. "It Happened Because You Left" - 8:09
5. "Rally the Troops! Poke Holes In Their Defenses! Line Our Coffers with Their Coffins!" - 4:23
6. "It's a Plague, and You're Invited" - 4:11
7. "Everything Is Connected and Everything Matters (A Temporary Solution to a Permanent Problem)" - 4:01
8. "The Next Step to Regaining Control" - 6:08
9. "With Your Greatest Fears Realized, You Will Not Be Comforted" - 3:07
10. "I Am a Snail, and You Are a Pace I Cannot Match" - 5:14
11. "An Idea Is a Greater Monument Than a Cathedral" - 6:52

References

1. "What It Takes to Move Forward by Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)".