Apologies to the Queen Mary
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| Studio album by Wolf Parade | |||||
| Released | September 27, 2005 | ||||
| Recorded | Audible Alchemy, Portland, OR | ||||
| Genre | Indie rock | ||||
| Length | 47:48 | ||||
| Label | Sub Pop | ||||
| Producer | Isaac Brock, except tracks 4, 5, and 7 by Wolf Parade | ||||
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Apologies to the Queen Mary is the first full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade.
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[edit] Track listing
- "You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son" (Krug) – 2:54
- "Modern World" (Boeckner) – 2:52
- "Grounds for Divorce" (Krug) – 3:25
- "We Built Another World" (Boeckner) – 3:15
- "Fancy Claps" (Krug) – 2:51
- "Same Ghost Every Night" (Boeckner) – 5:44
- "Shine a Light" (Boeckner) – 3:47
- "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" (Krug) – 3:39
- "I'll Believe in Anything" (Krug) – 4:36
- "It's a Curse" (Boeckner) – 3:12
- "Dinner Bells" (Krug) – 7:34
- "This Heart's on Fire" (Boeckner) – 3:59
[edit] About the album
Songwriting and vocals are split between guitarist Dan Boeckner and keyboardist Spencer Krug.
According to interviews with the band,[citation needed] the album is named after an incident in which the band was removed from the cruise ship Queen Mary for breaking down the door of a ballroom and staging a violent séance.
The album achieved a score of 83 out of 100 on Metacritic,[1] appeared in the Canadian edition of Time magazine's list of "Canada's Most Anticipated Indie Albums of the Year", and was shortlisted for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize in 2006.
The song "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" refers to Pretas of Buddhist mythology. The "Hungry Ghosts" – beings who, because of actions in their past lives, are always hungry and thirsty, but cannot eat or drink – are used by Krug as a reference to his generation.[2]
Krug has stated that "You Are a Runner" is "more about who I am in relation to my family, my father. That song is just about, well, I'm not going to get into great detail, but my father is a certain way, and there are days when it's obvious to me that I could turn out that way, and that's not a way I want to be, and it has a certain effect on the people who are close to him, and then I see the people that are close to me getting affected in the same way. That's it on a basic level, I sort of…I don't want to get into it beyond those vague terms. "Grounds for Divorce" is just about breaking up. The divorce is symbolic, it's not a real divorce."[2]
The music video for "I'll Believe in Anything" was named "Music Video of the Year" at the PLUG Awards.
[edit] Personnel
- Dan Boeckner – guitar, vocals
- Spencer Krug – piano, keyboards, vocals
- Arlen Thompson – drums
- Hadji Bakara – keyboards, electronics
- Tim Kingsbury – guitar (tracks 4 and 5), bass (track 7)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary Lyrics
- Wolf Parade Videos, mp3s, images, tour dates and all the latest information on Wolf Parade and their music.
- "I'll Believe in Anything" music video
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