Love at the End of the World | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 20, 2008 | |||
Studio | Mountain City Recording Studios, Montreal, Quebec | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 54:29 | |||
Label | Secret Brain, Universal Music Canada | |||
Producer | Joseph Donovan | |||
Sam Roberts chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
CHARTattack | [2] |
Love at the End of the World is the third full-length album from Canadian rock musician Sam Roberts. The album was first released in Canada on May 20, 2008, [3] in the Netherlands on September 19, in the UK on October 13, and in the US on February 3, 2009. Love at the End of the World debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 9,000 copies in its first week. [4] The album was certified Gold in Canada in November 2008. [5] It won the 2009 Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year. [6]
The album cover is based on an illustration by Elisabeth Moch.[ citation needed ]
"Them Kids" was the first single released, originally through iTunes on March 4. [7] The music video debuted on April 22. On the week of August 14, "Them Kids" reached No. 1 on the Canadian indie chart, the R3-30.[ citation needed ] The second single was "Detroit '67".
The album received positive reviews from Allmusic and CHARTattack, [8] [9] with a mixed review in Popmatters. [10]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Love at the End of the World" | 2:36 |
2. | "Stripmall Religion" | 4:02 |
3. | "Oh Maria" | 3:46 |
4. | "Lions of the Kalahari" | 4:11 |
5. | "Fixed to Ruin" | 3:45 |
6. | "Them Kids" | 3:59 |
7. | "Words and Fire" | 3:53 |
8. | "Sundance" | 4:18 |
9. | "Up Sister" | 3:40 |
10. | "End of the Empire" | 4:18 |
11. | "The Pilgrim" | 5:31 |
12. | "Waking the Dead" | 6:26 |
13. | "Detroit '67" | 4:02 |
The following tracks were available with the iTunes pre-order of the album.
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