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| Studio album by Broken Social Scene | |||||
| Released | October 4, 2005 | ||||
| Recorded | 2004-2005 | ||||
| Genre | Indie rock | ||||
| Length | 63:08 | ||||
| Label | Arts & Crafts/Paper Bag | ||||
| Producer | David Newfeld | ||||
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Broken Social Scene is the title of Broken Social Scene's third studio album. PopMatters is an international Webzine of cultural criticism Its scope is broadly cast on all things pop culture Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002 Broken Social Scene are a Juno Award winning Canadian Indie rock supergroup, a Musical collective currently including nineteen Bee Hives is a 2004 album by Broken Social Scene. It is a collection of B-sides from their second full length You Forgot It In People. Spirit If is the debut solo album by Broken Social Scene co-founder Kevin Drew. Broken Social Scene are a Juno Award winning Canadian Indie rock supergroup, a Musical collective currently including nineteen It was released on October 4, 2005. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The album was originally to be titled Windsurfing Nation.
The original artwork was to be a cartoon rendition of Pangaea, which was later scrapped in favor of the current artwork drawn by lead singer Kevin Drew. Pangaea, Pangæa or Pangea (pænˈdʒiːə from παν pan, meaning entire, and Γαῖα Gaea, meaning Earth in
In addition to the musicians who contributed to the band's prior release You Forgot It in People, new contributors on Broken Social Scene include k-os, Jason Tait (The Weakerthans) and Murray Lightburn (The Dears). You Forgot It in People is a 2002 album by Broken Social Scene. k-os (born Kevin Brereton on February 20 1972 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Rapper, singer songwriter and record producer of Jason Tait is a Canadian musician He is the Drummer for the Canadian Indie rock band The Weakerthans, and has also been a contributing The Weakerthans are an award-winning four-piece (and sometimes six-piece Canadian Indie rock band that blends Punk rock with Folk rock. Murray Lightburn is a Canadian musician most predominantly as the lead vocalist and songwriter for The Dears. The Dears are a Canadian Indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec.
The initial domestic pressings of the album were issued with a seven-track bonus EP, EP To Be You and Me, a play on Marlo Thomas' educational special Free to Be… You and Me. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Free to Be… You and Me is a Record album and illustrated songbook for children first released in November 1972 and later in 1974 as a television special The Japanese release is still issued with the EP. The vinyl pressing was released on two records, the first three sides being the album and the fourth being the EP.
The song "Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)" refers to Canadian novelist Ibi Kaslik, a friend of the band, who reciprocated with her 2008 novel The Angel Riots, about a rising indie rock band based in part on BSS. Ibolya "Ibi" Kaslik (born 20 August 1973) is a Hungarian-Canadian Novelist and Journalist.
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At the 2006 Juno Awards it won the award for Alternative Album of the Year. The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian Musical Artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada 's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the Alternative rock It was also shortlisted for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize in 2006. The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian Album based on artistic merit regardless of genre sales or record label
However, the album divided critics more than its predecessor, 2002's You Forgot It in People. You Forgot It in People is a 2002 album by Broken Social Scene. Whereas the earlier album had received almost universal critical praise, Broken Social Scene's looser, less structured songs were praised by some critics, but derided by others as self-indulgent and sloppy. Notably, however, the review in the New York Times, which fell into the latter category, also misidentified the band as being from Montreal (later corrected), and speculated in depth on the effect of Montreal's indie scene on the band's sound despite the fact that the current Montreal scene has little, if anything, to do with BSS's cultural or artistic context. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec [1]