Commonwealth (Sloan album)

Commonwealth is the eleventh studio album by Canadian rock band, Sloan.

Commonwealth
Studio album by
Sloan
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2014 (2014-09-09)
RecordedSloan Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Length58:22
LabelMurderecords, Yep Roc Records
ProducerSloan, Ryan Haslett, Gregory Macdonald
Sloan chronology
The Double Cross
(2011)		 Commonwealth
(2014)		 12
(2018)
Singles from Commonwealth
  1. "Keep Swinging (Downtown)"
    Released: July 14, 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Exclaim!7/10[3]
Pitchfork Media6.9/10 [4]
PopMatters7/10 [5]
TODAY[6]

Concept and release

In 2013, the band revealed plans for a double album, with each of the four sides featuring a solo suite by a different band member.[7] In May 2014, it was announced that the new album would be titled Commonwealth and would be released in September 2014.[8] On July 14, 2014, the band announced the official release date for the album (September 9) and released the album's lead single, "Keep Swinging (Downtown)".[9] The album's cover was simultaneously released, which portrays the band members as four-of-a-kind kings. The suits of these playing cards correspond to the titles of their solo sides: Jay Ferguson's side is called Diamonds, Chris Murphy's is Hearts, Patrick Pentland's is Clubs, and Andrew Scott's is Spades.[10]

Track listing

Each suite is written and performed by its respective band member.[10]

Diamond (Ferguson):
No.TitleLength
1."We've Come This Far"1:23
2."You've Got a Lot on Your Mind"3:27
3."Three Sisters"3:49
4."Cleopatra"2:41
5."Neither Here Nor There"2:11
Heart (Murphy):
No.TitleLength
6."Carried Away"3:36
7."So Far So Good"3:13
8."Get Out"1:40
9."Misty's Beside Herself"2:49
10."You Don't Need Excuses to Be Good"3:42
Shamrock (Pentland):
No.TitleLength
11."13 (Under a Bad Sign)"2:00
12."Take It Easy"2:32
13."What's Inside"3:52
14."Keep Swinging (Downtown)"3:38
Spade (Scott):
No.TitleLength
15."Forty-Eight Portraits"17:49
gollark: Er, I was going to have a shower soon, can someone take over catching?
gollark: I got the falconiform thingy.
gollark: ARing.
gollark: Razorcrests?
gollark: Maybe we'll learn one day that the trick to NDs is just to use, I don't know, the blue "ravenclaw" ones which are so generic I can't remember the name.

References
  1. "Commonwealth - Sloan". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. McNutt, Ryan. "Sloan Commonwealth". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  4. Cox, Jamieson. "Sloan: Commonwealth". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  5. Conaton, Chris. "Sloan: Commonwealth". PopMatters. PopMatters. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  6. Mathews, Kevin. "Commonwealth (Sloan) 5/5". TODAY. MediaCorp. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  7. "Sloan Reveal Plans for Solo-sided Double Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  8. "Sloan has defied labels over a lengthy career". Niagara this Week. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  9. "Sloan's new "Commonwealth" is coming!". sloanmusic.com. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  10. "Sloan Announce 'Commonwealth' Double Album, Share New Track". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 14, 2014.


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