Gang of Losers

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Gang of Losers
Studio album by The Dears
Released	29 August 2006 3 October 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded	Why Can't I Hear Anything, Parc Extension, Montreal
Genre	indie rock
Length	48:07
Label	MapleMusic Recordings, Arts & Crafts, Bella Union (UK)
Professional reviews
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The Dears chronology
Thank You Good Night Sold Out (2004) Gang of Losers (2006)

Gang of Losers is the third full length album from Montreal band The Dears. It was released on August 29, 2006 in Canada under the Maple Music Recordings label^[1] and on October 3, 2006 in the USA under the Arts & Crafts label^[2].

On July 10, 2007, the shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize was revealed. Gang of Losers was announced as a finalist, alongside such other acts as Feist, Junior Boys, and Chad VanGaalen. The winning album, however, was fellow Montreal artist Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Sinthtro" – 1:13
2. "Ticket to Immortality" – 4:22
3. "Death or Life We Want You" – 3:19
4. "Hate Then Love" – 4:44
5. "There Goes My Outfit" – 3:46
6. "Bandwagoneers" – 4:40
7. "Fear Made the World Go 'Round" – 3:56
8. "You and I Are a Gang of Losers" – 4:57
9. "Whites Only Party" – 3:10
10. "Ballad of Humankindness" – 4:13
11. "I Fell Deep" – 4:56
12. "Find Our Way to Freedom" – 4:27

The first 10,000 copies included an unlisted bonus track, "The Highest".

[edit] Personnel

• George Donoso III – drums
• Martin Pelland – bass guitar
• Valérie Jodoin-Keaton – synthesizers, orgue, vocals
• Natalia Yanchak – piano, synthesizers, vocals
• Murray Lightburn - composition, vocals, other
• Patrick Krief – 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"

[edit] References

v • d • e The Dears George Donoso · Patrick Krief · Murray Lightburn · Natalia Yanchak Studio albums End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story · No Cities Left · Gang of Losers EPs Orchestral Pop Noir Romantique · Protest Compliation albums Nor the Dahlias: The Dears 1995-1998 Live albums Thank You Good Night Sold Out Singles "We Can Have It" · "Lost in the Plot" · "22: The Death of All the Romance" · "Ticket to Immortality" · "You and I Are a Gang of Losers"