Thief (Destroyer album)

Thief
Studio album by Destroyer
Released September 18, 2000
Recorded July 31 - September 4, 1999
Genre Indie rock
Label Catsup Plate
Destroyer chronology

City of Daughters
(1998)		 Thief
(2000)		 Streethawk: A Seduction
(2001)
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Thief is the third studio album by Destroyer and the first recorded with a full band on every track. Thief is thought to be an attack on the music industry perhaps a response to the lack of success that Bejar's other band, The New Pornographers, were having after releasing their EP.

Track listing

  1. "Destroyer's the Temple" – 4:43
  2. "To the Heart of the Sun on the Back of a Vulture, I'll Go" – 3:52
  3. "The Way of Perpetual Roads" – 3:52
  4. "Canadian Lover/Falcon's Escape" – 3:19
  5. "City of Daughters" – 2:29
  6. "Every Christmas" – 3:29
  7. "Mercy (We Had the Right)" – 5:27
  8. "Queen of Languages" – 3:31
  9. "I. H. O. J." – 1:47
  10. "In Dreams" – 3:24
  11. "Death on the Festival Circuit" – 3:15
  12. "M. E. R. C. I." – 1:59
  13. "Thief" – 2:25


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