Bishop Allen & The Broken String

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Bishop Allen and the Broken String
The Broken String cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 24, 2007
Genre Indie rock
Length40:19
Label Dead Oceans
Producer Justin Rice, Christian Rudder
Bishop Allen chronology
Charm School
(2003)
Bishop Allen and the Broken String
(2007)
Grrr...
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (3.5/5) [1]
Pitchfork Media (6.0/10) [2]
Rockfeedback(4.0/5) [3]

Bishop Allen and the Broken String is the second full-length album by the indie rock group Bishop Allen. It was released on July 24, 2007.

Ten of the twelve tracks are re-workings of selections from the 12 EP project the band did in 2006.

Track listing

  1. "The Monitor" – 3:42
  2. "Rain" – 3:36
  3. "Click, Click, Click, Click" – 3:08
  4. "The Chinatown Bus" – 3:22
  5. "Flight 180" – 5:10
  6. "Like Castanets" – 3:17
  7. "Butterfly Nets" – 3:12
  8. "Shrinking Violet" – 1:51
  9. "Corazon" – 4:21
  10. "Middle Management" – 2:43
  11. "Choose Again" – 3:12
  12. "The News from Your Bed" – 2:45

Many uncommon instrumental arrangements are found in The Broken String, such as "Butterfly Nets" (ukulele, saxophone) or "Shrinking Violets" (banjo, oboe).

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1078475
  2. "Bishop Allen: Bishop Allen & the Broken String: Pitchfork Record Review". www.pitchforkmedia.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. "| RFB".