''God Save The Clientele'' is the fourth studio

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by British

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band

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. Recorded in

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, it broadens the band's palette through the use of

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and

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. The album is also the first to feature Mel Draisey as the official fourth member of the band.

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plays on the majority of the songs on ''God Save The Clientele''. It was released on

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on 8 May 2007 in the US, although it leaked onto the internet in March 2007. It was released in the UK in September 2007 by The Track & Field Organisation. "Bookshop Casanova" was released as a single in the US but no single was released in other territories.

Track listing

# "Here Comes the Phantom" – 3:13 # "I Hope I Know You" – 3:19 # "Isn't Life Strange?" – 3:47 # "The Dance of the Hours" – 2:08 # "From Brighton Beach to Santa Monica" – 3:52 # "Winter on Victoria Street" – 2:47 # "The Queen of Seville" – 4:27 # "These Days Nothing But Sunshine" – 3:25 # "Somebody Changed" – 2:41 # "No Dreams Last Night" – 3:05 # "Carnival on 7th Street" – 2:09 # "Bookshop Casanova" – 3:53 # "The Garden at Night" – 1:44 # "Dreams of Leaving" – 3:26

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Album

2007 albums The Clientele albums Merge Records albums {{2000s-indie-pop-album-stub