Without Feathers (album)

Without Feathers
Studio album by The Stills
Released May 9, 2006
Recorded 20052006
Genre Indie rock
Length 43:36 (US)
46:25 (UK)
Label Vice
Drowned in Sound (UK)
Producer Gus van Go
The Stills chronology

Logic Will Break Your Heart
(2003)
Without Feathers
(2006)
Oceans Will Rise
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
NME (8/10)[2]
Pitchfork Media (6.7/10)[3]
Prefix Magazine [4]
Rocklouder [5]
Rolling Stone [6]

Without Feathers is the second album by Montreal band The Stills. The record was released May 9, 2006. According to Billboard magazine, Emily Haines from fellow indie band Metric appears on "Baby Blues," while Jason Collett of Broken Social Scene and Sam Roberts are featured on the track "Oh Shoplifter."[7] The album debuted at #6 on the Top Heatseekers chart, but failed to hit the Billboard 200. In Canada, the album did not fare well on the charts. It premiered at #51 before moving out of the top 100 the following week. The album was later released in the UK in 2007 under the label Drowned in Sound, featuring two new tracks.

The album is a big change in sound for the band, relying less on new-wave/post-punk and more on rootsy 1970s-esque MOR rock.

Tracklisting

US/Canada edition

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "In the Beginning"  Hamelin 5:45
2. "The Mountain"  Hamelin, O'Neil 3:57
3. "She's Walking Out"  Hamelin, O'Neil 3:09
4. "Helicopters"  Fletcher 4:26
5. "In the End"  Hamelin, O'Neil 3:45
6. "Oh Shoplifter"  Hamelin 3:23
7. "Interlude"  Fletcher, O'Neil 1:08
8. "Halo the Harpoons"  Corbeil, Fletcher 3:44
9. "It Takes Time"  Hamelin 4:11
10. "Destroyer"  Hamelin 3:11
11. "Baby Blues"  Hamelin 3:32
12. "The House We Live In"  Hamelin, O'Neil 3:25

UK edition

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "In the Beginning"  Hamelin 5:44
2. "Destroyer"  Hamelin 3:11
3. "Helicopters"  Fletcher 4:23
4. "The House We Live In"  Hamelin, O'Neil 3:26
5. "It Takes Time"  Hamelin 4:11
6. "Monsoon"  Fletcher, Hamelin 3:38
7. "She's Walking Out"  Hamelin, O'Neil 3:11
8. "Oh Shoplifter"  Hamelin 3:22
9. "Outro"  Fletcher, O'Neil 1:10
10. "Halo the Harpoons"  Corbeil, Fletcher 3:42
11. "Baby Blues"  Hamelin 3:34
12. "Retour à Vega"  Faucon, Fletcher, Hamelin, Trenton 2:57
13. "The Mountain"  Hamelin, O'Neil 3:56

Personnel

The Stills
Additional musicians
Production

References