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The Gay Parade

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The Gay Parade
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 16, 1999
RecordedSeptember 1997 – October 1998
GenresIndie pop, baroque pop, psychedelic pop
Length44:35
LabelBar/None
ProducerKevin Barnes
Of Montreal chronology
The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy
(1998)
''The Gay Parade''
(1999)
Horse & Elephant Eatery (No Elephants Allowed): The Singles and Songles Album
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStarHalf star link
PopMatters(very favorable) link
Sputnikmusic(4.5/5) link
Ultimate-Guitar(10/10) link

The Gay Parade is a 1999 concept album by the band of Montreal and was their third full-length release. Allmusic's reviewer Jason Ankeny designated the album "indie pop's very own Sgt. Pepper".[1] Of Montreal's drummer and bassist Derek Almstead contemporaneously described it as a collection of character studies, comparable to the Kinks' 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.[2]

It has the first album cover designed by lead vocalist Kevin Barnes' brother David, who has since designed the artwork for nearly every subsequent of Montreal album.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Kevin Barnes.

No.TitleLength
1."Old Familiar Way"2:25
2."Fun Loving Nun"2:17
3."Tulip Baroo"2:10
4."Jacques Lamure"2:31
5."The March of the Gay Parade"2:55
6."Neat Little Domestic Life"2:45
7."A Collection of Poems About Water"3:57
8."Y the Quale and Vaguely Bird Noisily Enjoying Their Forbidden Tryst/I'd Be a Yellow Feathered Loon"2:40
9."The Autobiographical Grandpa"2:19
10."The Miniature Philosopher"1:54
11."My Friend Will Be Me"3:54
12."My Favorite Boxer"3:01
13."Advice from a Divorced Gentleman to His Bachelor Friend Considering Marriage"2:08
14."A Man's Life Flashing Before His Eyes While He and His Wife Drive Off a Cliff into the Ocean"3:04
15."Nickee Coco and the Invisible Tree"5:21
16."The Gay Parade Outro"0:47
Total length:44:08

References

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  1. ↑ Alkeny, Jason. "Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  2. ↑ Roberts, Randall (February 1999). "Life's Rich Pageant". CMJ New Music Monthly. p. 12.