I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day

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I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 10, 2009
Genre Indie rock
Label Jagjaguwar (US)
Endearing (Canada)
Producer Rick White
Julie Doiron chronology
Lost Wisdom
(2008)
I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
(2009)
Daniel, Fred & Julie
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 71/100 [1]
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I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day is an album by Julie Doiron, released on March 10, 2009.

Recorded at the home studio of Rick White, the album's producer and Doiron's onetime bandmate in Eric's Trip, the album is more rock-oriented than Doiron's other solo albums, revisiting the sound and style of Eric's Trip. [3]

The album's first single, "Consolation Prize", was released to radio in early February. [4]

Alternate versions of the songs "Heavy Snow" and "Nice to Come Home" were released on a split 7-inch single in May 2009. The single's other side featured the only two songs ever released by Calm Down It's Monday, a band which consisted of Doiron and Frederick Squire.

"The Life of Dreams" appeared in an iPhone commercial in July 2014. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Julie Doiron, except "Spill Yer Lungs" and "Blue" by Frederick Squire.

  1. "Life of Dreams"
  2. "Spill Yer Lungs"
  3. "Lovers of the World"
  4. "Tailor"
  5. "Heavy Snow"
  6. "Nice to Come Home"
  7. "Consolation Prize"
  8. "Je le savais"
  9. "When Brakes Get Wet"
  10. "Borrowed Minivans"
  11. "Blue"
  12. "Glad to Be Alive"

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References

  1. I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day at Metacritic OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Sendra, Tim. "Review: I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day". Allmusic . Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  3. "New Julie Doiron: Consolation Prize" Archived 2009-02-22 at the Wayback Machine , Stereogum , January 19, 2009.
  4. CBC Radio 3 Podcast #194 [ permanent dead link ]
  5. "Julie Doiron strikes deal for Apple ad using Life of Dreams song". CBC News, July 16, 2014.