We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge

We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge
Original album cover.
Studio album by Destroyer
Released	1996, (Reissue) 2006
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Tinker, Scratch Records
Destroyer chronology
We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge (1996) Ideas for Songs (1997)
Alternative Cover
2006 Reissue cover

We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge is the debut album by Destroyer. Originally released on Tinker in 1996, it was reissued by Scratch Records on October 24, 2006.^[2]

The album's title is an allusion to Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, in which Mikhail Kutuzov, the commander of the Russian army, promises to build Napoleon and the French army a "golden bridge" out of Russia - that is, to allow the French to continue on their hasty retreat without attempting to do battle, which would only bring about needless destruction and loss of life.

Track listing

1. "Revolution" – 1:15
2. "J. Tailor" – 2:44
3. "Smith" – 1:11
4. "I, As McCarthy" – 2:01
5. "Mending Song" – 1:08
6. "Leave Little Fiddler (Alone)" – 4:06
7. "The Pornographers" – 0:57
8. "War on Jazz" – 3:00
9. "Islands in the Stream" – 1:31
10. "Saddestroyer" – 3:15
11. "Streets of Fire" – 1:50
12. "Rose Fleched This" – 3:27
13. "Breakin' the Law" – 2:38
14. "Whistilin' Dixie (She Shoots)" – 3:08
15. "Riots" – 1:33
16. "Knowing When to Leave (Slang Mix)" – 2:12

Personnel

• Dan Bejar - Vocals, Acoustic guitar

References