Pretending 2 Run
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{{Infobox album
| name = Pretending 2 Run.jpg|border=yes
| type = studio
| artist = Tiles
| cover =Pretending 2 Run.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 15, 2016
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Progressive rock
| length = 96:29
| label = Laser's Edge
| producer = Terry Brown
| prev_title = Fly Paper
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Pretending 2 Run is the sixth studio album by American progressive rock band Tiles. It was released on April 15, 2016, through Laser's Edge.
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| headline = Disc One
| total_length = 45:58
| title1 = Pretending to Run
| length1 = 7:10
| lyrics1 = Chris Herin
| music1 = Chris Herin, Jeff Whittle
| title2 = Shelter in Place
| length2 = 3:53
| lyrics2 = Herin
| music2 = Herin
| title3 = Stonewall
| length3 = 6:50
| lyrics3 = Herin
| music3 = Herin
| title4 = Voir Dire
| length4 = 4:37
| note4 = instrumental
| music4 = Herin, Whittle
| title5 = Drops of Rain
| length5 = 5:02
| lyrics5 = Herin
| music5 = Herin
| title6 = Taken by Surprise
| length6 = 11:22
| lyrics6 = Herin
| music6 = Herin, Whittle, Mark Evans
| title7 = Refugium
| length7 = 2:55
| note7 = choral interlude
| music7 = Herin
| title8 = Small Fire Burning
| length8 = 4:09
| lyrics8 = Herin
| music8 = Herin, Whittle
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Disc Two
| total_length = 50:31
| title1 = Midwinter
| length1 = 4:32
| lyrics1 = Herin
| music1 = Herin, Whittle
| title2 = Weightless
| length2 = 9:16
| lyrics2 = Herin
| music2 = Herin, Whittle
| title3 = Friend or Foe
| length3 = 6:16
| lyrics3 = Herin
| music3 = Herin
| title4 = Battle Weary
| length4 = 4:33
| lyrics4 = Herin
| music4 = Herin
| title5 = Meditatio
| length5 = 1:37
| note5 = choral interlude
| music5 = Herin
| title6 = Other Arrangements
| length6 = 2:17
| note6 = instrumental
| music6 = Adam Holzman
| title7 = The Disappearing Floor
| length7 = 5:43
| lyrics7 = Herin
| music7 = Herin, Evans
| title8 = Fait accompli
| length8 = 4:32
| lyrics8 = Herin
| music8 = Herin
| title9 = Pretending to Run (reprise 1)
| length9 = 1:40
| lyrics9 = Herin
| music9 = Herin
| title10 = Uneasy Truce
| length10 = 4:19
| note10 = instrumental
| music10 = Herin, Whittle
| title11 = Pretending to Run (reprise 2)
| length11 = 1:15
| lyrics11 = Herin
| music11 = Herin
| title12 = The View from Here
| length12 = 1:28
| note12 = instrumental
| music12 = Holzman
| title13 = Backsliding
| length13 = 3:03
| lyrics13 = Herin
| music13 = Herin
}}
Personnel
All credits taken from the Pretending 2 Run liner notes.{{cite book|title=Pretending 2 Run Liner Notes|date=2016|publisher=The Laser's Edge}}
=Tiles=
- Mark Evans – drums and percussion
- Jeff Whittle – bass guitar, fretless bass, keyboards, vocals
- Chris Herin – electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, banjo, keyboards, trumpet, vocals
- Paul Rarick – lead and backing vocals
=Guest musicians=
- Ian Anderson – flute (Midwinter)
- Mike Portnoy – additional drums (Stonewall, Fait Accompli)
- Max Portnoy – additional drums (Fait Accompli)
- Adam Holzman (keyboardist) – keyboards
- Mike Stern – lead guitar (Taken by Surprise, The Disappearing Floor)
- Colin Edwin – programming & loops (Small Fire Burning, Friend or Foe)
- Kim Mitchell – lead guitar (Shelter in Place)
- Kevin Chown – additional bass (Stonewall, Drops of Rain, Friend or Foe, Fait Accompli)
=Production=
- Terry Brown – recording, mixing
- Peter J. Moore – mastering