| Product Summary | | UPC: 00098787065527 | | Release Date: 9/27/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 64005856 | | Item#: M2K9JR | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. You Are A Runner And I Am My Father's Son ~ Wolf Parade |  | | 2. Modern World ~ Wolf Parade | | | 3. Grounds For Divorce ~ Wolf Parade | | | 4. We Built Another World ~ Wolf Parade | | | 5. Fancy Claps ~ Wolf Parade | | | 6. Same Ghost Every Night ~ Wolf Parade | | | 7. Shine A Light ~ Wolf Parade | | | 8. Dear Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts ~ Wolf Parade | | | 9. I'll Believe In Anything ~ Wolf Parade | | | 10. It's A Curse ~ Wolf Parade | | | 11. Dinner Bells ~ Wolf Parade | | | 12. This Heart's On Fire ~ Wolf Parade | |
| This Montreal band has toured with the likes of Modest Mouse and The Arcade Fire, they played last year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in California, self-released two limited edition EPs, and have a song (a cover of Frog Eyes' "Claxxon's Lament") on The Believer magazine's recent covers comp. Time magazine picked "Apologies..." as one of "Canada's Most Anticipated Indie Albums Of The Year". Expect to see and hear much more from Wolf Parade.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Wolf Parade: Dan Boeckner (vocals, guitar); Hadji Bakara, Spencer Krug, Arlen Thompson. | | Personnel: Spencer Krug (vocals, piano, keyboards); Tim Kingsbury (guitar); Hadji Bakara (keyboards, electronics); Arlen Thompson (drums). | | Audio Mixer: Jace Lasek. | | Recording information: Audible Alchemy, Portland, OR; The 100 Sided Die, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. | | Illustrator: Matt Moroz. | | Produced primarily by Isaac Brock, Wolf Parade's full-length Sub Pop debut, APOLOGIES TO THE QUEEN MARY, initially garnered attention because of the Canadian quartet's associations with Brock's revered group, Modest Mouse. However, given the potent indie-rock punch that this 2005 outing packs, Wolf Parade easily stands on its own merits, particularly since the band benefits from two gifted singer/songwriters, Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug. On these 12 tracks, Boeckner and Krug's ragged, plaintive vocals careen over fierce guitar riffs, rambunctious rhythms, and buzzing keyboard lines, as some songs bristle with restless energy and others slip into hauntingly melancholy moments. Accolades for APOLOGIES started flying around months before the record's release, and Wolf Parade's bold, inventive performances here reveal exactly why the album warrants so much praise. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/27/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 655 | | Label : Sub Pop Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00098787065527 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (p.60)
- Ranked #39 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[F]or indie rock that's obsessed with history, that decayed-reel production feels right."Entertainment Weekly (No. 842, p.95)
- "...APOLOGIES is the stuff fanzine dreams are made of..." - Grade: B Magnet (p.112)
- "Wolf Parade hails from Montreal, courts a post-punk-informed sound, has a vocalist whose quirky tenor yelp recalls David Byrne and attained early buzz-band status on the strength of its energetic, emotional performances." Mojo (Publisher)
(p.96)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[I]t's a turbulent, ever mood-shifting listen - perhaps rather of its time....Engaging, inventive and emotionally charged..." |
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