The Gap (Joan of Arc album)

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The Gap
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 3, 2000
RecordedOct 1999 - Jun 2000
Genre Indie rock
Length42:33
Label Jade Tree
Producer Casey Rice
Joan of Arc chronology
Live in Chicago, 1999
(1999)
The Gap
(2000)
How Can Any Thing So Little Be Any More? EP
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 1.9/10 [3]
Spin 8/10 [4]

The Gap is the fourth full-length album by Joan of Arc. [5] [6] It released in 2000 on Jade Tree Records. [2]

Contents

Production

The album was made almost entirely using ProTools. [7]

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote: "With each album, the band pushes their craftsmanship for the obscure even further, and The Gap is a prime result of this." [8] The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a frustrating, daring and sometimes unlistenable entry in the band's canon." [9] PopMatters wrote that it "may be one of the most unlistenable albums in existence." [10]

Track listing

  1. (You) [I] Can Not See (You) [Me] As (I) [You] Can - 3:19
  2. As Black Pants Make Cat Hairs Appear - 7:48
  3. Knife Fights Every Night - 5:07
  4. John Cassavetes, Assata Shakur, And Guy Debord Walk Into A Bar... - 0:54
  5. Another Brick At The Gap (Part 2) - 2:57
  6. Zelda - 1:56
  7. "Pleasure Isn't Simple" - 3:18
  8. Me And America (Or) The United Colors Of The Gap - 5:18
  9. Your Impersonation This Morning Of Me Last Night - 9:11
  10. Outside The Gap - 2:45

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References

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  2. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 632.
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