''Control'' is the third full-length album by

Pedro the Lion Pedro the Lion is an American indie rock band from Seattle, Washington, United States. David Bazan formed the band in 1995 and represented its main creative force, backed by a varying rotation of collaborating musicians. In 2006 Pedro the Lion ...

. It was released on April 16, 2002 on

Jade Tree Records Jade Tree International, Inc. is an independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in 1990 in Wilmington, Delaware. History Origin (1987–1990) In 1987, Tim Owen and Darren Walters were introduced during a punk show in Washing ...

. It is a concept album about a businessman who is having an extramarital affair, and his untimely death at the hands of his spurned wife. It covers such subject matter as infidelity, parenthood, greed, commercialism, vengeance, and fear of death.

Track listing

All songs by

Bazan Navantia is a Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company, which offers its services to both military and civil sectors. It is the fifth-largest shipbuilder in Europe and the ninth-largest in the world with shipyards around the globe. The heir to t ...

except "Penetration" "Magazine" and "Second Best", which were co-written with Casey Foubert. #"Options" – 3:56 #"Rapture" – 3:26 #"Penetration" – 3:55 #"Indian Summer" – 3:21 #"Progress" – 4:09 #"Magazine" – 4:01 #"Rehearsal" – 3:48 #"Second Best" – 6:00 #"Priests And Paramedics" – 4:35 #"Rejoice" – 3:11

Personnel

* David Bazan –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

, keyboards * Casey Foubert – bass guitar, keyboards, guitars,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

*Design and Illustration by Ryan Clark for Asterik Studio

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Control (Pedro The Lion Album) Pedro the Lion albums 2002 albums Concept albums Jade Tree (record label) albums