Spirit If...

Spirit If...
Studio album by Kevin Drew
Released September 18, 2007
Recorded 2005–2007
Genre Indie rock
Length 68:50
Label Arts & Crafts
Producer Kevin Drew, Ohad Benchetrit, Charles Spearin
Kevin Drew chronology

Broken Social Scene
(2005)		 Spirit If...
(2007)		 Something for All of Us...
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AbsolutePunk.net 83%[1]
Allmusic [2]
The A.V. Club B+[3]
Drowned in Sound 9/10[4]
Filter 79%[5]
NME 7/10[6]
NOW Magazine [7]
Pitchfork Media 8.2/10[8]
PopMatters 7/10)[9]
Rolling Stone [10]
Slant Magazine [11]
Stylus A-[12]

Spirit If... is the debut solo album by Broken Social Scene co-founder Kevin Drew. It was released on September 18, 2007. The album is the first in a series entitled Broken Social Scene Presents:, with each album in the series being a particular member's solo efforts, assisted by fellow Broken Social Scene members. Brendan Canning's album Something for All of Us, the second in the series, was released in 2008.

Spirit If... was recorded with Ohad Benchetrit and Charles Spearin of Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene. The track listing, album cover, as well as an mp3 download for the song "Tbtf" (an initialism for "Too Beautiful to Fuck") were released on June 19, 2007. Spirit If... reached #113 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top Heatseekers chart. "Backed Out on the..." was listed at #33 on Rolling Stone‍ '​s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007[13] and 99th on Pitchfork Media's list.[14]

Track listing

  1. "Farewell to the Pressure Kids" – 5:49
  2. "Tbtf" – 3:51
  3. "Fucked Up Kid" – 5:09
  4. "Safety Bricks" – 4:27
  5. "Lucky Ones" – 6:44
  6. "Broke Me Up" – 4:24
  7. "Gang Bang Suicide" – 6:22
  8. "Frightening Lives" – 6:12
  9. "Underneath the Skin" – 0:46
  10. "Big Love" – 3:19
  11. "Backed Out on the..." – 4:16
  12. "Aging Faces / Losing Places" – 4:31
  13. "Bodhi Sappy Weekend" – 4:29
  14. "When It Begins" – 5:01
  15. "What You Gonna Be" (iTunes bonus track) – 4:05

Sources

  1. http://www.arts-crafts.ca/releases_spotlight.php?search=AC027
  2. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/43720-kevin-drew-bss-series-lp-details-emerge
  3. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/43494-kevin-drew-preps-lp-for-broken-social-scene-series

References

  1. ↑ Absolutepunk.net review
  2. ↑ Spirit If... at AllMusic
  3. ↑ The AV Club review
  4. ↑ Drowned in Sound review
  5. ↑ Filter review
  6. ↑ NME review
  7. ↑ NOW review
  8. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  9. ↑ PopMatters review
  10. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  11. ↑ Slant review
  12. ↑ Stylus review
  13. ↑ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
  14. ↑ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/47681-staff-list-top-100-tracks-of-2007