Left and Leaving
| Left and Leaving | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 25, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | February–April 2000 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 51:46 | |||
| Label | G7 Welcoming Committee | |||
| Producer | Ian Blurton | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [4] |
| Pitchfork | (6.1/10)[2] |
| PopMatters | (very favorable)[3] |
| Punknews.org | [5] |
Left and Leaving is the second studio album by The Weakerthans, released July 25, 2000, on G7 Welcoming Committee Records.
In Chart magazine's 2005 poll of the Top 50 Canadian albums of all time, Left and Leaving ranked in sixth place.[citation needed] It was also nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the 2001 Juno Awards.
"Aside" is on the soundtrack of the film Wedding Crashers. A punked-up alternate version of "My Favourite Chords", retitled "My Favourite Power Chords", appears on G7 Welcoming Committee's 2005 promotional compilation Take Penacilin Now.
Epitaph Records, the band's current label, rereleased Left and Leaving (along with Fallow) in 2007.[6]
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by John K. Samson; all music is composed by John K. Samson, Jason Tait, John P. Sutton, Stephen Carroll
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Everything Must Go!" | 4:35 |
| 2. | "Aside" | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Watermark" | 2:38 |
| 4. | "Pamphleteer" | 5:16 |
| 5. | "This Is a Fire Door, Never Leave Open" | 5:07 |
| 6. | "Without Mythologies" | 3:12 |
| 7. | "Left and Leaving" | 4:45 |
| 8. | "Elegy for Elsabet" | 6:20 |
| 9. | "History to the Defeated" | 3:55 |
| 10. | "Exiles Among You" | 5:11 |
| 11. | "My Favourite Chords" | 4:27 |
| 12. | "Slips and Tangles" | 3:00 |
References
[edit]- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Eccleston, Sam (25 July 2000). "Left and Leaving Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Hart, Jeremy. "Left and Leaving Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: The Weakerthans". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ PJ (22 September 2001). "Left and Leaving Review". Punknews.org. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Epitaph to re-release Weakerthans records". Punktastic. 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
Further reading
[edit]- Pascual, Brian (2001-02-06). "CD REVIEWS: Ladytron, Tricky EP, Raised Fist, Tram and many more". Chart. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
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