In Advance of the Broken Arm (album)

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In Advance of the Broken Arm
Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 20, 2007
Genre Experimental rock, indie rock
Label Kill Rock Stars
Producer Zach Hill
Marnie Stern chronology
In Advance of the Broken Arm
(2007)
This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That
(2008)
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Metacritic 79/100 [1]
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Pitchfork 7.7/10 [3]
PopMatters 7/10 [4]
Stylus Magazine A− [5]

In Advance of the Broken Arm is the debut album by Marnie Stern, released in 2007. Kill Rock Stars handled the CD release, and the vinyl with a shorter track listing came out on Rampage Records. The title comes from a work of art of the same title by artist Marcel Duchamp.

Contents

Track listing

CD

  1. "Vibrational Match" - 3:37
  2. "Grapefruit" - 2:47
  3. "Every Single Line Means Something" - 3:40
  4. "Precious Metal" - 3:10
  5. "Put All Your Eggs in One Basket and Then Watch That Basket!!!" - 2:41
  6. "Logical Volume" - 3:40
  7. "Absorb Those Numbers" - 3:21
  8. "This American Life" - 4:05
  9. "Letters from Rimbaud" - 3:39
  10. "The Weight of a Rock" - 2:30
  11. "Plato's Fucked Up Cave" - 3:30
  12. "Healer" - 3:29
  13. "Patterns of a Diamond Ceiling" - 4:24

LP

Side A

  1. "Vibrational Match" - 3:37
  2. "Grapefruit" - 2:47
  3. "Every Single Line Means Something" - 3:40
  4. "Precious Metal" - 3:10
  5. "Put All Your Eggs in One Basket and Then Watch That Basket!!!" - 2:41

Side B

  1. "Absorb Those Numbers" - 3:21
  2. "This American Life" - 4:05
  3. "Healer" - 3:29
  4. "Patterns of a Diamond Ceiling" - 4:24

Personnel

Performers

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