''Gang of Losers'' is the third full-length album from
Montreal
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band
The Dears
The Dears are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The band is led by the husband-and-wife duo of singer-guitarist Murray Lightburn and keyboardist Natalia Yanchak.
History
The band formed in 1995 and released their first album, ...
. It was released on August 29, 2006 in Canada under the
Maple Music Recordings label and on October 3, 2006 in the USA under the
Arts & Crafts label.
On July 10, 2007, ''Gang of Losers'' was announced as a finalist for the
2007 Polaris Music Prize, alongside such other acts as
Feist,
Junior Boys
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, and
Chad VanGaalen
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Career
''Infiniheart''
Following a few scattered independent releases, done mostly on homemade CDs with hand-drawn art, VanGaalen released ''Infiniheart'' (2004 ...
.
Track listing
All songs written by
Murray Lightburn.
# "Sinthtro" – 1:31
# "Ticket to Immortality" – 4:22
# "Death or Life We Want You" – 3:19
# "Hate Then Love" – 4:44
# "There Goes My Outfit" – 3:46
# "Bandwagoneers" – 4:40
# "Fear Made the World Go 'Round" – 3:56
# "You and I Are a Gang of Losers" – 4:57
# "Whites Only Party" – 3:10
# "Ballad of Humankindness" – 4:13
# "I Fell Deep" – 4:56
# "Find Our Way to Freedom" – 4:27
The first 10,000 copies included an unlisted bonus track, "The Highest".
The Australian and New Zealand version contained a bonus disc with four tracks, two which were recorded live at
Triple J
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on June 8, 2006.
# Raise The Dead - 4:03
# The Highest - 3:45
# There Goes My Outfit (Acoustic) - 3:52
# Ticket to Immortality (Acoustic) - 3:43
Personnel
*George Donoso III – drums
*
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Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austr ...
– bass guitar
*
Valerie Jodoin Keaton
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Photography career
In 2001, Valerie Jodoin Keaton earned a degree in commercial photography at Dawson's Institute of Photography.
In 2009, Jodoin Keaton published a book, ''Backs ...
– synthesizers, orgue, vocals
*
Natalia Yanchak
Natalia Yanchak is a Canadian musician who plays keyboards and sings in The Dears. She is also a blogger and speculative fiction and science fiction
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– piano, synthesizers, vocals
*
Murray Lightburn - composition, vocals, other
*
Patrick Krief
Patrick Krief is a Canadian musician and singer-songwriter, most noted as a former guitarist for The Dears.
In 2004 he appeared on MTV Canada's ''Project Moose Catch''. He was a guest on '' Jonathan Ross's'' show in 2005. In 2006, he made appe ...
– electric guitar, additional piano on "Ballad of Humankindness"
*
Chris Seligman – French horn on "Sinthro" and "Ballad of Humankindness"
*
Rev. William J. Lightburn – tenor saxophone on "Find Our Way to Freedom"
References
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2006 albums
The Dears albums
Arts & Crafts Productions albums
MapleMusic Recordings albums