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{{Infobox album
| name       = Failer
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Kathleen Edwards]]
| cover      = Kathleen Edwards Failer.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 7 September 2002<ref>{{cite journal |last1=LeBlanc |first1=Larry |title=For Kathleen Edwards, It's Icing On The Cake From Here On Out |journal=Billboard |date=December 28, 2002 |page=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=Kathleen+Edwards+six+o%27clock+news&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi814qjkPiJAxXDhYkEHUaVA_AQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=Kathleen%20Edwards%20six%20o'clock%20news&f=false}}</ref>
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Alternative country|Alt-country]]
| length     = 41:05
| label      = [[MapleMusic Recordings]]
| producer   = Kathleen Edwards, Dave Draves
| prev_title = [[Building 55]]
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [[Back to Me (Kathleen Edwards album)|Back to Me]]
| next_year  = 2005
}}
'''''Failer''''' is the debut full-length studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter [[Kathleen Edwards]], released in 2002.<ref>Paul Cantin, "Debut CD proves Edwards no Failer". ''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', February 9, 2002.</ref> The album was originally released independently in early 2002 before being picked up for wider release by [[MapleMusic Recordings]] in September,<ref>Jason Schneider, "Small town girl finds success through Failer". ''[[Waterloo Region Record]]'', September 13, 2002.</ref> and subsequently for international release by [[Zoë Records]] in January 2003.<ref>Jordan Zivitz, "Canada's rising U.S. star: CD finally noticed. Kathleen Edwards is one to watch". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', February 1, 2003.</ref>
The album received a [[Juno Award]] nomination for [[Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo|Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo]] at the [[Juno Awards of 2003]].<ref>"Juno Award hopeful not yet a household word in home town". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', February 15, 2003.</ref> The following year, Edwards was nominated for [[Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year|Songwriter of the Year]] at the [[Juno Awards of 2004]], for the songs "Six O'Clock News", "Hockey Skates" and "Mercury".<ref>"Here's who is nominated for 2004 Juno awards". ''[[Sarnia Observer]]'', April 3, 2004.</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = Kathleen Edwards
| title1 = Six O'Clock News
| length1 = 4:36
| title2 = One More Song the Radio Won't Like
| length2 = 4:25
| title3 = Hockey Skates
| length3 = 4:28
| title4 = The Lone Wolf
| length4 = 4:55
| title5 = 12 Bellevue
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = Mercury
| length6 = 3:32
| title7 = Westby
| length7 = 2:27
| title8 = Maria
| length8 = 3:46
| title9 = National Steel
| length9 = 4:52
| title10 = Sweet Little Duck
| length10 = 4:28
}}
==References==
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