- Spirit If...
Infobox Album | Name = Spirit If...
Type = Studio album
Artist =Kevin Drew
Released =September 18 ,2007
Recorded = 2005-2007
Genre =Indie rock
Length = 68:50
Label = Arts & Crafts
Producer =Kevin Drew ,Ohad Benchetrit ,Charles Spearin
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (83%) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=268261 link]
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wc02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifqxzyhldse~T1 link]
*The A.V. Club (B+) [http://www.avclub.com/content/music/broken_social_scene_presents link]
*Drowned in Sound (9/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2228929 link]
*Filter Magazine (79%) [http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id=15544&c=3 link]
*NME (7/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/8980 link]
*NOW Magazine Rating|3|5 [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-09-13/music_discs5.php link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45640-spirit-if link]
*PopMatters (7/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/48893/broken-social-scene-presents-kevin-drew-spirit-if/ link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/15750640/review/16256400/spirit_if link]
*Slant Magazine Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1201 link]
*Stylus (A-) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/broken-social-scene-presents-kevin-drew/spirit-if.htm link] |
Last album = "Broken Social Scene" (2005)
This album = Spirit If... (2007)
Next album = "Something for All of Us... " (2008)"Spirit If..." is the debut solo album by
Broken Social Scene co-founderKevin Drew . It was released on September 18, 2007. The album is the first in a series entitled "Broken Social Scene Presents:", with each album in the series being a particular member's solo efforts, assisted by fellow Broken Social Scene members.Brendan Canning 's album "Something for All of Us ", the second in the series, was released in 2008."Spirit If..." was recorded with
Ohad Benchetrit andCharles Spearin ofDo Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene. The tracklisting, album cover, as well as an mp3 download for the song "Tbtf" (an initialism for "Too Beautiful to Fuck") were released on June 19, 2007. "Spirit If..." reached #113 on theBillboard 200 and #1 onTop Heatseekers . "Backed Out on the..." was #33 on "Rolling Stone "'s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007 [No byline ( December 11 ,2007 ). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/9 "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"] "Rolling Stone". Retrieved2007-12-21 ] and 99th onPitchfork Media 's list [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/47681-staff-list-top-100-tracks-of-2007] , and #1 onThe R3-30 for the week ofDecember 20 ,2007 .Track listing
# "Farewell to the Pressure Kids" - 5:49
# "Tbtf" - 3:51
# "F-ked Up Kid" - 5:09
# "Safety Bricks" - 4:27
# "Lucky Ones" - 6:44
# "Broke Me Up" - 4:24
# "Gang Bang Suicide" - 6:22
# "Frightening Lives" - 6:12
# "Underneath the Skin" - 0:46
# "Big Love" - 3:19
# "Backed Out on the..." - 4:16
# "Aging Faces / Losing Places" - 4:31
# "Bodhi Sappy Weekend" - 4:29
# "When It Begins" - 5:01Sources
# http://www.arts-crafts.ca/releases_spotlight.php?search=AC027
# http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/43720-kevin-drew-bss-series-lp-details-emerge
# http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/43494-kevin-drew-preps-lp-for-broken-social-scene-seriesReferences
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