This Business of Art

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This Business of Art
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 18, 2000 (2000-07-18)
StudioHawksleytown Studios
Genre Indie rock
Length35:38
Label Vapor
Producer Hawksley Workman
Tegan and Sara chronology
Under Feet Like Ours
(1999)
This Business of Art
(2000)
If It Was You
(2002)
Singles from This Business of Art
  1. "The First"
    Released: 2000
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This Business of Art is the second studio album by Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara, released in 2000. It is their first official release through Vapor Records, though they independently released Under Feet Like Ours the previous year. Six of the songs originally appeared on its predecessor; "Proud", "Hype", "Freedom", "More for Me", "Come On" and "Superstar". "Frozen" was later included on the 2001 re-release of their debut album. This album was recorded at Hawksleytown Studios and mixed and mastered at Umbrella Sound in Toronto.

Contents

"My Number" was featured on the Sweet November soundtrack. In 2013, "Freedom" became the soundtrack to a Freederm advertising campaign in the UK.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The First"Tegan Quin3:13
2."Proud"Sara Quin2:50
3."Frozen"T. Quin2:44
4."Hype"S. Quin3:29
5."My Number"T. Quin4:11
6."All You Got"S. Quin3:00
7."Freedom"T. Quin2:42
8."Not with You"S. Quin3:33
9."More for Me"T. Quin3:00
10."Come On"S. Quin3:06
11."Superstar"T. Quin3:42

Personnel

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References

  1. This Business of Art at AllMusic
  2. "Tegan And Sara - This Business of Art Review". Music Emissions. 2003-04-01. Archived from the original on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2012-03-12.