The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore

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The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore
Artwork by Ben Volta
Studio full-length by Saxon Shore
Released	October 18, 2005
Recorded	January–September 2005 at Tarbox Road Studios
Genre	Post-rock Instrumental rock Ambient
Length	48:36
Label	Burnt Toast Vinyl
Producer	Dave Fridmann
Professional reviews
Allmusic review Almost Cool review IndieWorkshop review (favorable) Prog Archives review Rock Music Review review Splendid Magazine review (favorable) Sputnik Music review Transform review (extremely favorable)
Saxon Shore chronology
Luck Will Not Save Us from a Jackpot of Nothing EP (2005) The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore (2005)

The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore is the latest and third full-length studio album by American post-rock band Saxon Shore. It was produced by Dave Fridmann (notable for his work with Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips, in addition to bands as stylistically varying as Weezer and Mogwai) and released on October 18th, 2005, on Burnt Toast Vinyl.

[edit] Tracklisting

1. "The Revolution Will Be Streaming" – 4:17
2. "This Shameless Moment" – 4:16
3. "With a Red Suit You Will Become a Man" – 3:37
4. "Silence Lends a Face to the Soul" – 4:40
5. "Isolated by the Secrets of Your Fellow Men" – 7:09
6. "The Shaping of a Helpless Joy" – 4:52
7. "Marked with the Knowledge" – 3:39
8. "A Greatness at the Cost of Goodness" – 5:48
9. "How We Conquered the Western World on Horseback" – 3:52
10. "The Lame Shall Enter First" – 6:31

[edit] Song notes

• "Marked with the Knowledge" was featured in Sony HD television commercials starting late April of 2008.^[1] Watch the commercial here on YouTube.

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