The Gay Parade

Infobox Album | Name = "The Gay Parade"
Type = Album
Artist = Of Montreal


Released = February 16 1999
Recorded = Sep 1997 - Oct 1998
Genre = Indie rock, indie pop
Length = 44:35
Label = Bar/None
Producer = Kevin Barnes
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:y7fnzfhoeh6k link]
Last album = ""
(1998)
This album = "The Gay Parade"
(1999)
Next album = "
(2000)

"The Gay Parade" is a concept album by the band Of Montreal, their third full-length release. It has been called "indie pop's very own "Sgt. Pepper" by Allmusic reviewer Jason Ankeny.

It is the first collaboration with frontman Kevin Barnes' brother David, who has since designed the artwork for every forthcoming Of Montreal album. As the album cover depicts, "The Gay Parade" is a child-like exaltation of everyday life.

For a time, it was mistakenly featured as "The Guy Parade" in iTunes Store.

Track listing

All songs by Kevin Barnes.

#"Old Familiar Way" - 2:25
#"Fun Loving Nun" - 2:17
#"Tulip Baroo" - 2:10
#"Jacques Lamure" - 2:31
#"The March of the Gay Parade" - 2:55
#"Neat Little Domestic Life" - 2:45
#"A Collection of Poems About Water" - 3:57
#"I'd Be a Yellow Feathered Loon" - 2:40
#"The Autobiographical Grandpa" - 2:19
#"The Miniature Philosopher" - 1:54
#"My Friend Will Be Me" - 3:54
#"My Favorite Boxer" - 3:01
#"Advice From a Divorced Gentleman to His Bachelor Friend Considering Marriage" - 2:08
#"A Man's Life Flashing Before His Eyes While He and His Wife Drive Off a Cliff into the Ocean" - 3:04
#"Nickee Coco and the Invisible Tree" - 5:21
#"The Gay Parade Outro" - 0:47