Between the Bridges

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Between the Bridges
Sloan Between the Bridges.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1999
RecordedMay 1999 – June 1999 at Chemical Sound Studios, Toronto
Genre Rock, power pop
Length45:51
Label murderecords [1]
Producer Brenndan McGuire, Sloan
Sloan chronology
4 Nights at the Palais Royale
(1999)
Between the Bridges
(1999)
Pretty Together
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg[ citation needed ]

Between the Bridges is the fifth album by Canadian rock band Sloan. [5] [6] The album was recorded in six weeks and was released in 1999 on Murderecords. The album continued the band's progression towards 1970s-influenced rock mixed with 1960s and 70s influenced pop. The album marks a pivotal move forward for the group, expanding on their influences and featured another successful single in their native Canada, "Losing California".

Contents

The album's "quick and photocopy looking" cover art was inspired by a black-and-white photo of the movie poster for the 1969 satirical comedy Putney Swope , which band member Jay Ferguson saw in a book. [7]

Critical reception

The A.V. Club wrote that "though many dismissed the album as creatively arrested, its suite-like construction and autobiographical structure makes it Sloan's most fully realized effort." [8] Exclaim! called the album "a pop thrill from start to finish." [1] The Washington Post wrote that "the fact that all four musicians both write and sing gives the sound breadth, yet at no cost to cohesiveness." [9]

Commercial performance

By October 2001, the album had sold 40,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The N.S." Andrew Scott/Sloan4:37
2."So Beyond Me" Chris Murphy/Sloan2:53
3."Don't You Believe a Word" Jay Ferguson/Sloan3:15
4."Friendship" Patrick Pentland/Sloan3:21
5."Sensory Deprivation"Andrew Scott/Sloan6:20
6."All By Ourselves"Chris Murphy/Sloan3:54
7."A Long Time Coming"Patrick Pentland/Sloan4:33
8."Waiting for Slow Songs"Jay Ferguson/Sloan3:15
9."Losing California"Patrick Pentland/Sloan2:56
10."The Marquee and the Moon"Chris Murphy/Sloan3:09
11."Take Good Care of the Poor Boy"Jay Ferguson/Sloan3:16
12."Delivering Maybes"Andrew Scott/Sloan4:22

Japanese bonus tracks

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."At the Edge of the Scene"Jay Ferguson/Sloan4:41
14."Summer's My Season"Chris Murphy/Sloan3:44

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