Stranger Ballet

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Stranger Ballet
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Studio album by The Poison Control Center
Released June 7, 2011
Recorded January 3-8, 2011
Genre Rock
Length35:03
Label Afternoon Records
Producer Nathan Cook (producer), The Poison Control Center
The Poison Control Center chronology
Sad Sour Future
(2010) Sad Sour Future2010
Stranger Ballet
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club (A-) [1]
Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) [2]

Stranger Ballet is the sixth studio album by American musical group The Poison Control Center, released on June 7,2011. [3]

The Poison Control Center is a band from Ames, Iowa.

The album was recorded and produced in Chicago by The Poison Control Center and Nathan Cook (producer), with Mike Dixon co-engineering. The album was mixed by A.J. Mogis in Omaha Nebraska. [4]

Nathan Cook is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger.

Track listing

  1. "Torpedoes On Tuesday"
  2. "Some Ordinary Vision"
  3. "A Thousand Colors"
  4. "Dracula's Casket"
  5. "Seagull"
  6. "Underground Bed"
  7. "Born On Date"
  8. "Porcelain Brain"
  9. "Church On Mars"
  10. "Terminal"
  11. "Reoccurring Kind"

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References

  1. Hyden, Steven (9 August 2011). "The Poison Control Center: Stranger Ballet". The AV Club. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. Thompson, Paul (6 July 2011). "Stranger Ballet Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. "http://www.allmusic.com/album/stranger-ballet-mw0002138243"
  4. "http://www.allmusic.com/album/stranger-ballet-mw0002138243/credits"