The Difference Between Houses and Homes

The Difference Between Houses and Homes (2005) is a compilation by American indie band Cursive of some of their early material. It is subtitled Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001. This compilation features songs from The Icebreaker 7", The Disruption 7", Sucker and Dry 7", and the split between Cursive and Small Brown Bike.

The Difference Between Houses and Homes: Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001
Compilation album by Cursive
Released	2005
Genre	Emo, post-hardcore, indie rock
Length	39:13
Label	Saddle Creek
Producer	A.J. Mogis and Mike Mogis
Cursive chronology
The Ugly Organ (2003) The Difference Between Houses and Homes: Lost Songs and Loose Ends 1995-2001 (2005) Happy Hollow (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Kludge	8/10[2]
Punknews.org	[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

This album is the 70th release of Saddle Creek Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dispenser"	3:09
2.	"Pivotal"	2:48
3.	"Sucker & Dry"	3:07
4.	"Icebreakers"	4:48
5.	"And the Bit Just Chokes Them"	4:53
6.	"There's a Coldest Day in Every Year"	2:26
7.	"A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Things"	2:52
8.	"Nostalgia"	3:26
9.	"The Knowledgeable Hasbeens"	3:02
10.	"Polar"	5:40
11.	"A Disruption in Our Lines of Influence"	2:23
12.	"I Thought There'd Be More Than This"	2:39

Personnel: Tracks 1-7 and 9-12

• Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar
• Steve Pedersen – guitar, vocals
• Matt Maginn – bass, vocals
• Clint Schnase – drums

Personnel: Track 8

• Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar
• Ted Stevens – guitar, vocals
• Matt Maginn – bass, vocals
• Clint Schnase – drums
• Gretta Cohn – cello

Additional information

• The artwork on the album and the story book that accompanies it was drawn by Yuriko Yoshino, a member of the Japanese punk band, Eastern Youth, with whom Cursive did a split.
• All songs mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Studio B in Omaha, NE.