Ambassador (album)

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Studio album by Elliott Brood
Released October 2005
Genre alternative country
Length46:22
Label Six Shooter Records
Elliott Brood chronology
Tin Type
(2004)
Ambassador
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Mountain Meadows
(2008)
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Ambassador is the title of the first full-length album released by the Canadian alternative country band Elliott Brood. It was released in October 2005 on the independent music label Six Shooter Records. The album is titled for the Ambassador Bridge, which links Windsor, Ontario — the hometown of two of the band's three members — to Detroit, Michigan.

Alternative country, or alternative country rock is a loosely defined subgenre of country music and rock music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music and pop country music. Alternative country artists are often influenced by alternative rock. However, the term has been used to describe country music bands and artists that have incorporated influences from alternative rock, indie rock, roots rock, bluegrass, neotraditional country, punk rock, rockabilly, punkabilly, honky-tonk, outlaw country, folk rock, indie folk, folk revival, hard rock, R&B, country rock, heartland rock, and Southern rock.

Elliott Brood Canadian band

Elliott Brood is a Canadian three-piece, alternative country band formed in 2002 in Toronto, consisting of Mark Sasso on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica, and kazoo, Casey Laforet on guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals, bass pedals, keys, and ukulele, and Stephen Pitkin on percussion, sampler, and backing vocals. The band's style has been categorized as "death country", "frontier rock", or "revival music".

Six Shooter Records is an independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that uses an artist-centric business model, focussing on art before commerce combined with extensive touring. Six Shooter Records was founded in 2000 by Shauna de Cartier. The mission statement of the company is, Life is Too Short to Listen to Shitty Music.

The album was nominated for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group) at the 2006 Juno Awards, but lost to the self-titled album by The Duhks.

The Juno Awards of 2006 were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on the weekend of 31 March to 2 April 2006. These ceremonies honour music industry achievements in Canada during the previous year.

<i>The Duhks</i> (album) album by The Duhks

The Duhks is the second studio album by the group The Duhks. It is released under the Sugar Hill Records label.

Track listing

  1. "Twill" – 6:30
  2. "President (35)" – 2:26
  3. "Second Son" – 3:35
  4. "Acer Negundo" – 3:19
  5. "Wolfgang" – 2:43
  6. "My Friend" – 3:07
  7. "Jackson" – 4:00
  8. "Johnny Rooke" – 4:21
  9. "The Bridge" – 3:03
  10. "Back of the Lot" – 2:50
  11. "W.W.Y.H.M.B." – 4:26
  12. "Superior" – 6:02

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