Based on the Best Seller

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Based on the Best Seller
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2025
Recorded2024–2025
StudioThe Bunker, Toronto by Ryan Haslett
Taurus Studio, Toronto by Thomas Darcy
Chris's garage, Toronto, by Cam Loeppky
Genre Power pop
Length38:18
Label
Producer
  • Ryan Haslett
  • Sloan
Sloan chronology
Steady
(2022)
Based on the Best Seller
(2025)
Singles from Based on the Best Seller
  1. "Dream Destroyer"
    Released: July 21, 2025

Based on the Best Seller is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Sloan. [1] It was released on September 26, 2025, via Yep Roc and the group's label Murderecords. The album was recorded at The Bunker, and Taurus Studio, both in Toronto, with additional recording happening in Chris Murphy's garage, also in Toronto.

Contents

Two of the songs featured on the LP, "Baxter", and "Open Your Umbrellas" were repurposed songs originally recorded in demo form in Toronto in 1995 (during the One Chord To Another sessions), and in Halifax in August 1997 (during Navy Blues sessions), respectively. [2]

The song "No Damn Fears" draws inspiration from Jellyfishbabies, and the title is in reference to Andrew Scott's pre-Sloan band of the same name, which featured Jennifer Pierce, and Dave Marsh. [3] [4]

Track listing

All songs credited to Sloan.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Capitol Cooler" Jay Ferguson 3:14
2."Dream Destroyer" Patrick Pentland 3:54
3."Open Your Umbrellas" Chris Murphy 2:12
4."Baxter" Andrew Scott 2:53
5."Congratulations"Ferguson2:25
6."Live Forever"Murphy3:27
7."So Far Down"Pentland2:54
8."Fortune Teller"Murphy3:25
9."No Damn Fears"Scott4:22
10."Collect Yourself"Ferguson2:43
11."Here We Go Again"Pentland3:27
12."I Already Know"Murphy3:22
Total length:38:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [5]

Sloan

Additional contributors

References

  1. "Sloan Detail New Album 'Based on the Best Seller,' Share 'Live Forever'". exclaim.ca. June 16, 2025.
  2. https://spillmagazine.com/spill-feature-we-dont-want-to-be-a-heritage-act-a-conversation-with-chris-murphy-of-sloan/
  3. https://www.antimusic.com/p/25/0825sloan_stream_new_song_no_damn_fears.shtml
  4. http://vishkhanna.com/2012/11/13/the-super-friendzs-mock-up-scale-down-an-oral-history/
  5. "Based on the Best Seller / Sloan / Credits". Tidal . Retrieved August 14, 2025.