Queens of the Breakers

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Queens of the Breakers
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 2017 (2017-10-13)
Length50:51
Label Secret City
The Barr Brothers chronology
Sleeping Operator
(2014)
Queens of the Breakers
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! 9/10 [2]
Paste 8.7/10 [3]

Queens of the Breakers is the third studio album by Canadian trio The Barr Brothers. It was released in October 13, 2017 through Secret City Records.

Contents

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Exclaim! Top 10 Country/Folk Albums of 2017
7
[4]
Gigwise Top 50 Albums of 2017
42
[5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Defibrillation"5:33
2."Look Before It Changes"4:38
3."Song That I Heard"3:57
4."Maybe Someday"4:11
5."Kompromat"4:34
6."You Would Have to Lose Your Mind"6:21
7."Queens of the Breakers"5:28
8."It Came to Me"4:21
9."Hideous Glorious"4:14
10."Hideous Glorious, Pt. 2"1:47
11."Ready for War"5:47

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [6] 29

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