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For seven years, the New Pornographers have been one of Canada's best rock exports, turning out a series of records that recycled Seventies AM hits and worked up
winning exuberance without sounding cheesy or generic. Challengers, the
Vancouver group's fourth album, is slower and more thoughtful, but
mostly it keeps up the hook-pumped, harmony-chocked power pop modestly
tricked out with strings and keyboards. It's hard to imagine
Challengers taking up iPod space for too long -- the tunes feel a little
disposable -- but the vaguely British "My Rights Versus Yours" and the
somnambulant "Failsafe" are some of the sweetest songs you'll hear all
summer.
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Track List
- My Rights Versus Yours
- All The Old Showstoppers
- Challengers
- Myriad Harbour
- All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth
- Failsafe
- Unguided
- Entering White Cecilia
- Go Places
- Mutiny, I Promise You
- Adventures In Solitude
- The Spirit Of Giving
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