Ode to Joy (The Deadly Snakes album)

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Ode to Joy
Deadlysnakesodetojoy.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 15, 2003
Recorded2002
Genre Garage punk, punk blues
Length39:10
Label In the Red
The Deadly Snakes chronology
I'm Not Your Soldier Anymore
(2001)
Ode to Joy
(2003)
Porcella
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Exclaim! [2]
Pitchfork Media 8.5 [3]
PopMatters Favorable [4]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Uncut 3/10 [6]

Ode to Joy is an album by Canadian indie rock band The Deadly Snakes, released in 2003 on In the Red Records.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Closed Casket" (The Deadly Snakes, André Ethier)3:03
2."I Can't Sleep at Night" (Age of Danger, Matt Carlson, The Deadly Snakes)2:47
3."Playboys" (The Deadly Snakes, Ethier)2:47
4."Oh My Bride" (The Deadly Snakes, Ethier, Andrew Gunn)2:16
5."Trouble's Gonna Stay Awhile" (Carlson, Ethier, The Deadly Snakes)3:06
6."I Want to Die" (Age Of Danger, The Deadly Snakes)4:05
7."Burn Down the Valley" (Age Of Danger, The Deadly Snakes)2:40
8."Nick and Chico" (The Deadly Snakes, Ross)0:37
9."I'm Leaving You" (Age Of Danger, The Deadly Snakes)3:37
10."There Goes Your Corpse Again" (The Deadly Snakes, Ethier)4:03
11."Everybody Seems to Think (You've Got Some Kind of Hold on Me)" (The Deadly Snakes, Ethier)3:32
12."Sink Like Stones" (The Deadly Snakes, Ethier)4:34
13."Mutiny and Lonesome Blues" (The Deadly Snakes, Ethier)1:53

Personnel

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