''One Chord to Another'' is the third

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by the Canadian

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band Sloan. The album was released in Canada through

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in 1996 and in the United States through The Enclave in 1997. Like their previous album, ''One Chord to Another'' is a

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-influenced

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record. ''One Chord to Another'' was a few of firsts for Sloan. It was the band's first LP not to be released through

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. It was also the band's first album to win a

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Recording

Sloan began recording ''One Chord to Another'' in December, 1995. The album was recorded over a two-week period and cost $10,000 to make, $110,000 less than the cost of their previous album. It was the band's first album to feature trumpets.

Reception

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 15 on

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. It was

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in Canada on November 21, 1996. By February 1997, the album had sold 80,000 units in Canada. It remains to be Sloan's best-selling album.

Critical acclaim

The album won the award for Best Alternative Album at the

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. In a 2000 poll by music magazine ''

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'', ''One Chord to Another'' was voted the ninth greatest Canadian album of all time. It was also ranked 34th in

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''.

Track listing

All songs credited to Sloan. Japanese Bonus Tracks * "Stood Up" (

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/Sloan) – 3:50 * "Same Old Flame" (

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/Sloan) – 3:53 B-sides * "Stood Up" (7" single) * "Same Old Flame" (7" single) * "Autobiography" (Demo) ("The Good in Everyone" 7") Note: Prior to the release of ''One Chord to Another'', Sloan released "Same Old Flame" b/w "Stood Up" as a 7" single on murderecords. These songs were re-recorded for the first pressing of ''One Chord to Another'' in Japan, released on EMI. While these versions of "Stood Up" are a Chris Murphy original, the song by the same name on ''Recorded "Live" at a Sloan Party!'' is a cover of a Matthew Grimson song.

20th anniversary edition box set

;LP1 – Original album #" The Good in Everyone" (

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/Sloan) – 2:35 #"Autobiography" (Chris Murphy/Sloan) – 3:18 #"Junior Panthers" ( Jay Ferguson/Sloan) – 2:38 #G Turns to D" (Chris Murphy/Sloan) – 3:24 #A Side Wins" ( Andrew Scott/Sloan) – 3:11 #"

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" (Patrick Pentland/Sloan) – 3:29 #"Anyone Who's Anyone" (Chris Murphy/Sloan) – 2:48 #" The Lines You Amend" (Jay Ferguson/Sloan) – 2:32 #"Take the Bench" (Chris Murphy/Sloan) – 3:50 #"Can't Face Up" (Patrick Pentland/Sloan) – 3:53 #"400 Metres" (Andrew Scott/Sloan) – 4:31 ;LP2 – The Outtakes #"El Say" (Andrew Scott/Sloan) – 1:51 #"Pictures Now" (Chris Murphy/Sloan) – 3:00 #"Adele" (Patrick Pentland/Sloan) – 3:12 #"Baxter" (Andrew Scott/Sloan) – 3:39 #"I'm Gonna Give It a Try" (Chris Murphy/Sloan) – 2:43 #"Song #1" (Andrew Scott/Sloan) – 1:53 #"Learn How to Play Dead" (Jay Ferguson/Sloan) – 3:37 #"Imagine All the Songs" (Chris Murphy/Sloan) – 3:03 #"Flexible Flyer" (Andrew Scott/Sloan) – 2:28 #"In My Mind" (Patrick Pentland/Sloan) – 2:28 #"Teachers in the Bleachers" (Andrew Scott/Sloan) – 3:44 ;LP3 – ''Recorded "Live" at a Sloan Party!'' #"Let's Get the Party Started" (Sloan) – 2:28 #"I Can Feel It" (Patrick Pentland/Sloan) - 3:54 #"Dignified and Old" (

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) - 3:12 #"Glitter and Gold" (

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) - 3:02 #"Over You" (

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) - 3:20 #"I Am the Cancer" (Chris Murphy/Sloan) – 3:22 #"I Can't Let Go" (

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) – 2:35 #"Stood Up" – 3:28 (Matthew Grimson) #" On the Road Again/Transona Five" (

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) – 5:45 ;7" #"Mirror Ball" (Junior Panthers demo) (Jay Ferguson/Sloan) #"John, You Made It On" (G Turns to D demo) (Chris Murphy/Sloan) ;''One Chord to Another'' Demos (Digital Download) #"The Good in Everyone" (demo) (Patrick Pentland/Sloan) #"Billy Joel" (Nothing Left to Make Me Want to Stay demo) (Chris Murphy/Sloan) #"Autobiography" (demo) (Chris Murphy/Sloan) #"Mirror Ball" (Junior Panthers demo) (Jay Ferguson/Sloan) #"John, You Made It On" (G Turns to D demo) (Chris Murphy/Sloan) #"A Side Wins" (demo) (Andrew Scott/Sloan) #"Everything You've Done Wrong" (demo) (Patrick Pentland/Sloan) #"Everyone Who's Anyone" (Anyone Who's Anyone demo) (Chris Murphy/Sloan) #"Found a Way" (The Lines You Amend demo) (Jay Ferguson/Sloan) #"Sing Your Little Heart Out" (Take the Bench demo from Pier 21) (Chris Murphy/Sloan) #"Can't Face Up" (demo from Idea of East Recording) (Patrick Pentland/Sloan) #"400 Metres" (demo) (Andrew Scott/Sloan)

American and Japanese releases

''One Chord to Another'' was not released until 1997 in the United States on the independent label, The Enclave. It was originally released in an LP-style cardboard

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jacket rather than a traditional plastic

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, and included a 10-track bonus CD of material entitled '' Recorded Live at a Sloan Party!'' This bonus CD consisted of cover versions and re-recordings of previous Sloan songs; it was recorded in the studio but was overdubbed with miscellaneous party-type sounds to give the impression of being recorded live at an intimate gathering of friends (somewhat akin to the

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album). To date, the "Sloan Party" CD has not been released in the band's native Canada and has only been available as an American import. In 2016, the "Sloan Party" album was released on vinyl as part of the 20th anniversary ''One Chord to Another'' box set, and featuring new album art reminiscent of the

album. #"Let's Get the Party Started" (Sloan) – 2:28 #"I Can Feel It" (Patrick Pentland/Sloan) - 3:54 (new version; original version on ''

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'') #"Dignified and Old" (

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) #"Glitter and Gold" (

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, and later,

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) #"Over You" (

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) #"I Am the Cancer" (Chris Murphy/Sloan) – 3:22 (new version; original version on ''

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'') #"I Can't Let Go" (

) – 2:35 (originally performed by

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, and later,

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) #"Stood Up" (Matthew Grimson) – 3:28 (originally performed by Matthew Grimson) #" On the Road Again/Transona Five" (

/ Alan Wilson) – 4:42 (originally performed by

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and

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, respectively) #"I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love" (

) – 5:45 (originally performed by

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) Note: All of track 1 and the last 2:35 of track 10 consist of party sound effects only; track 8 is a cover of a song by Matthew Grimson, not the similarly-titled song released as a 1996 7" single by Sloan. Track 2 is performed by Patrick Pentland and

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; track 3 is performed by Chris Murphy; track 4 is performed by Andrew Scott; track 5 is performed by Jay Ferguson; track 6 is performed by Chris Murphy; track 7 is performed by Jay Ferguson; track 8 is performed by Chris Murphy; track 9 is performed by Jay Ferguson; track 10 is performed by Patrick Pentland. ''One Chord to Another'' was Sloan's first album to be released in Japan. They secured a distribution deal with EMI, who released the album with new recordings of "Stood Up" and "Same Old Flame". When ''Navy Blues'' was released in Canada, however, Sloan's distribution deal with Universal Canada led to new Japanese distribution with Universal Japan. Universal then released Sloan's first three albums in Japan. The new Universal Japan version of ''One Chord to Another'' was a one-disc release featuring ''Recorded Live at a Sloan Party!'' as bonus tracks, making the original Japanese release on EMI, with its two exclusive tracks, a rarity in the Sloan catalogue.

References

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