Spirit If...
| Spirit If... | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | September 18, 2007 |
| Recorded | 2005–2007 |
| Genre | Indie rock, Experimental [1] |
| Label | Arts & Crafts |
| Producer | Kevin Drew, Ohad Benchetrit, Charles Spearin |
| Kevin Drew chronology | |
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [3] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[4] |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10[5] |
| Filter | 79%[6] |
| NME | 7/10[7] |
| NOW Magazine | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10[9] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
Spirit If... is the debut solo album by Broken Social Scene co-founder Kevin 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 and Charles Spearin of Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene. The track listing, 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 the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top Heatseekers chart. "Backed Out on the..." was listed at #33 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007[12] and 99th on Pitchfork Media's list.[13]
Track listing
[edit ]- "Farewell to the Pressure Kids" – 5:49
- "Tbtf" – 3:51
- "Fucked 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" – 5:01
- "What You Gonna Be" (iTunes bonus track) – 4:05
Sources
[edit ]- http://www.arts-crafts.ca/releases_spotlight.php?search=AC027 Archived 2009年07月03日 at the Wayback Machine
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070621183237/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/43720-kevin-drew-bss-series-lp-details-emerge
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070701135609/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/43494-kevin-drew-preps-lp-for-broken-social-scene-series
References
[edit ]- ^ Dombal, Ryan (2007年09月17日). "Broken Social Scene / Kevin Drew: Spirit If... Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 2023年07月10日.
- ^ "Spirit If..." Metacritic .
- ^ Brown, Marisa. "Spirit If... Review". AllMusic .
- ^ Gordon, Scott (2007年09月25日). "Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew". The A.V. Club . Archived from the original on 2007年10月15日. Retrieved 2018年02月07日.
- ^ Jones, Alex (2007年08月31日). "Album Review: Kevin Drew - Spirit If..." Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on 2008年09月06日. Retrieved 2018年02月07日.
- ^ Staddon, Tristan (2007年09月28日). "Kevin Drew: Spirit If..." Filter . Archived from the original on 2007年10月09日.
- ^ Elan, Priya (2007年11月14日). "Kevin Drew: Spirit If..." NME . Archived from the original on 2007年11月14日.
- ^ Perlich, Tim (2007年09月13日). "Kevin Drew Spirit If..." NOW Magazine . Archived from the original on 2007年10月11日.
- ^ Dombal, Ryan (2007年09月17日). "Broken Social Scene / Kevin Drew: Spirit If... Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 2018年02月07日.
- ^ Karzt, Dara (2007年10月03日). "Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew: Spirit If..." PopMatters . Archived from the original on 2007年10月11日. Retrieved 2018年02月07日.
- ^ Levy, Joe (2007年09月04日). "Spirit If... : Kevin Drew : Review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 2007年11月16日. Retrieved 2018年02月08日.
- ^ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007年12月21日
- ^ "Top 100 Tracks of 2007 | Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 2008年08月13日. Retrieved 2008年08月14日.