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- Date Released: August 30, 1994
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: KOCH Records
Voted the best Canadian album of all time. Twice.
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We Say...
In 1992, grunge was plaid-hot and Geffen was betting it bought another Nirvana in Sloan. So when in 1994 this Halifax, Nova Scotia, quartet turned in this defiantly poppy second album, the label retaliated by first failing to promote the thing and then by dropping the band. Two years later, readers of the Canadian magazine Chart voted Twice Removed the best Canadian album of all time. In 2005, the readers of the same magazine produced the same results. This is not the Labatt and Molson talking: Sloan have an underdog knack for understating massive pains and even bigger hooks with nonchalant deliveries: Played with their amps on 11, singles like "Coax Me" would rock as loudly as Kiss. (Sloan are fans.) Instead, they're as wispy and forlorn as the four look on the cover. Each member sings lead. Every second sounds timeless. And anxiety-packed peaks like "Worry Now" prove Geffen had its ears in its wallet and was sitting on it.
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They Say...
A far superior effort to Sloan's scattershot debut, 1994's Twice Removed is a clever and varied collection of smart and catchy pop songs. Without the grunge-era production that smothered some of the best songs on Smeared, the sparkling wit of the lyrics and catchy directness of the melodies shine through. All four members write and sing, which accounts for the variation between songs like the punkish opener, "Penpals," and the chiming guitars and "ba-ba-ba" chorus of the sublime "People of the Sky," the highest of the album's high points. Other goodies include the puckish media slam "I Hate My Generation" and the dreamy, largely acoustic closer, "I Can Feel It," with its harmonies by Jale's Jennifer Pierce. Not everything works quite so well -- the seven-minute "Before I Do" is at least two and a half minutes too long -- but Twice Removed was the first indication that Sloan was more than Canada's answer to the Lemonheads.
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Penpals |
3:08 |
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| 02. | |
I Hate My Generation |
2:26 |
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| 03. | |
People In The Sky |
3:37 |
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| 04. | |
Coax Me |
3:26 |
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| 05. | |
Bells On |
3:55 |
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| 06. | |
Loosens |
5:27 |
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| 07. | |
Worried Now |
2:40 |
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| 08. | |
Shame Shame |
3:04 |
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| 09. | |
Deeper Than Beauty |
2:41 |
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| 10. | |
Snowsuit Sound |
3:48 |
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| 11. | |
Before I Do |
7:05 |
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| 12. | |
I Can Feel It |
3:29 |
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12 Total Tracks, 44:46 Total Length
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Credits
- Sloan - Producer // Sloan - Main Performer // Sloan - Mixing // Todd Childress - Assistant Engineer // Bob Ludwig - Mastering // Jim Rondinelli - Percussion // Jim Rondinelli - Producer // Jim Rondinelli - Engineer // Jim Rondinelli - Mixing // Dave Battelene - Assistant Engineer // Greg Di Gesu - Assistant Engineer // Robin Sloane - Creative Director // Patrick Pentland - Guitar // Patrick Pentland - Piano // Patrick Pentland - Vocals // Patrick Pentland - Vocals (Background) // Jennifer Pierce - Vocals // Jennifer Pierce - Vocals (Background) // Jennifer Pierce - Guest Appearance // Frank Olinsky - Artwork // Frank Olinsky - Art Direction // Frank Olinsky - Design // Frank Olinsky - Layout Design // Michael Halsband - Photography // Andrew Scott - Drums // Andrew Scott - Artwork // Andrew Scott - Design // Andrew Scott - Layout Design // Todd Sullivan - A&R // Chris Murphy - Photography // Jay Ferguson - Guitar // Jay Ferguson - Percussion // Catherine Stockhausen - Photography // Andrew Scott - Guitar // Andrew Scott - Guitar // Andrew Scott - Piano // Andrew Scott - Piano // Andrew Scott - Drums // Andrew Scott - Drums // Andrew Scott - Vocals // Andrew Scott - Vocals // Andrew Scott - Artwork // Andrew Scott - Artwork // Andrew Scott - Design // Andrew Scott - Design // Andrew Scott - Layout Design // Andrew Scott - Layout Design
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