Parades (Efterklang album)

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Parades
Efterklang-parades.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 15, 2007
Genre Post-rock, dream pop, neoclassical dark wave
Length48:59
Label The Leaf Label / Rumraket
Efterklang chronology
Under Giant Trees
(2007)
Parades
(2007)
Magic Chairs
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound 10/10 [2]
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NME 7/10 [4]
Pitchfork Media 7.4/10 [5]
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Stylus Magazine A− [8]
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Parades is the second full-length album by the Danish group Efterklang. It marks the first time that the band work with an outside influence; [9] after eighteen months of recording, the band drafted in British producer/engineer Darren Allison (Spiritualized, The Divine Comedy) to create the final mixes together with Efterklang's own Mads Brauer. [10]

Contents

In 2015, Parades was reissued on double vinyl by The Leaf Label as part of the label's 20th anniversary, after the album was selected in a public poll. [11] This limited edition release has been made available to fans via the PledgeMusic service before it will be in stores in early 2015. [12]

Track listing

  1. "Polygyne"– 6:58
  2. "Mirador" – 5:08
  3. "Him Poe Poe" – 2:21
  4. "Horseback Tenors" – 5:48
  5. "Mimeo" – 1:22
  6. "Frida Found a Friend" - 5:18
  7. "Maison de Réflexion" - 5:33
  8. "Blowing Lungs Like Bubbles" - 2:46
  9. "Caravan" - 4:59
  10. "Illuminant" - 4:33
  11. "Cutting Ice to Snow" - 4:13

Credits

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