In Our Bedroom After the War

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In Our Bedroom After the War
Stars bedroom.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 10, 2007
Recorded Warehouse Studios
Genre Indie pop, baroque pop, art rock
Length55:51
Label Arts & Crafts
Stars chronology
Do You Trust Your Friends?
(2007)
In Our Bedroom After the War
(2007)
Sad Robots
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AbsolutePunk.net (91%) [1]
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Paste (favorable) [6]
Pitchfork Media (7.4/10) [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Second Supper Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Stylus B+ [10]

In Our Bedroom After the War is the fourth studio album by Stars, released digitally on July 10, 2007 and physically on September 25 on the Arts & Crafts record label. It was released to digital retailers in an attempt to battle the album's leak. [11] The title was announced by Amy Millan in an interview with the Toronto Star , and the release date was previously announced by Torquil Campbell on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic .

Contents

The album was recorded in Vancouver and mixed in Toronto by Joe Chiccarelli. Author Daniel Handler has written a story for the liner notes of the album and plays the accordion in Barricade. [12] In an interview with MTV Live , Stars frontman Torquil Campbell indicated that one of the goals of the band was to create an album that comes across as a unified whole through careful sequencing and thoughtful storytelling instead of simply sounding like a collection of tracks. [13] The first single from the album is "Take Me to the Riot", and the second single is "The Night Starts Here."

The album was initially released with a bonus DVD documentary of the Set Yourself on Fire tour, titled "Are We Here Now?" [14]

The album was a nominee for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize. [15]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Beginning After the End"2:20
2."The Night Starts Here"4:53
3."Take Me to the Riot"3:48
4."My Favourite Book"4:05
5."Midnight Coward"3:44
6."The Ghost of Genova Heights"4:35
7."Personal"4:07
8."Barricade"3:51
9."Window Bird"4:44
10."Bitches in Tokyo"2:50
11."Life 2: The Unhappy Ending"4:16
12."Today Will Be Better, I Swear!"5:49
13."In Our Bedroom After the War"6:46
14."Division" (bonus track for Japan and Mexico)4:23

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