Twin Cinema
Studio album by The New Pornographers
Released	August 23, 2005
Recorded	November 2004 - April 2005
Genre	Indie rock
Length	47:46, 50:48 (Japanese edition)
Label	Mint Records/Matador Records/P-Vine Records
Producer	John Collins David Carswell A.C. Newman Kurt Dahle
Professional reviews
Allmusic link The A.V. Club (Favorable) 23 Aug 05 Pitchfork (9.0/10) 22 Aug 05 PopMatters (9/10) 19 Aug 05 Rolling Stone 11 Aug 05, p.70
The New Pornographers chronology
Electric Version (2003) Twin Cinema (2005) Challengers (2007)

Twin Cinema is the third album by Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. It was released on August 23, 2005.

The album was shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Songs 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Reception

Initial critical response to Twin Cinema was very positive. At Metacritic (which assigns to reviews from mainstream critics a normalized rating out of 100), the album has received a score of 85, based on 32 reviews.^[1] Online music magazine Pitchfork placed Twin Cinema at number 150 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.^[2]

[edit] Track listing

All songs by A.C. Newman except where noted.

1. "Twin Cinema" – 2:59
2. "The Bones of an Idol" – 2:51
3. "Use It" – 3:26
4. "The Bleeding Heart Show" – 4:27
5. "Jackie, Dressed in Cobras" (Dan Bejar) – 3:06
6. "The Jessica Numbers" (Newman, John Collins) – 3:06
7. "These Are the Fables" – 3:29
8. "Sing Me Spanish Techno" – 4:16
9. "Falling Through Your Clothes" – 2:53
10. "Broken Breads" (Bejar) – 3:00
11. "Three or Four" – 3:07
12. "Star Bodies" – 4:07
13. "Streets of Fire" (Bejar) – 2:41
14. "Stacked Crooked" – 4:18
15. "High Art, Local News" (bonus track on Japanese release and iTunes version) – 3:02

[edit] Personnel

• A.C. Newman – vocals, guitar, ebow, synthesizer, harmonica, pump organ, xylophone
• John Collins – bass, guitar, synthesizer, ebow, vocals
• Kurt Dahle – drums, percussion, vocals
• Dan Bejar – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, melodeon
• Neko Case – vocals
• Blaine Thurier – synthesizer
• Todd Fancey – guitar
• Kathryn Calder – vocals, piano
• Nora O'Connor – vocals
• Dave Carswell – slide guitar, vocals
• Shaun Brodie – trumpet
• Todd MacDonald – mandolin
• Tyr Jami – cello
• Amy Tuyn – art work
• Sarah Pedersen – photography

[edit] Songs

"The Bleeding Heart Show" is featured in television advertisements for the University of Phoenix and eMusic.

"Use It" is the theme song of the CBC Television newsmagazine series The Hour. The song's video included appearances by David Cross, Nardwuar the Human Serviette and Shane Nelken.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Twin Cinema at Matador Records
• Twin Cinema at Metacritic

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