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  • Artist: Sloan
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: October 16, 2001
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

The aptly titled Pretty Together may be the first Sloan album that sounds like it was made by the band as a whole, and not the four individual singer/songwriters. At first listen, Pretty Together may seem a lot like the band's previous efforts -- there's the obligatory Kiss anthem ("Pick It Up and Dial It"), the radio hit ("If It Feels Good Do It"), and the wistful ballad ("Dreaming of You"). But there are also subtle changes -- the cheekiness of previous songs like "Autobiography" and "Chester the Molester" has been replaced by the melancholy of "The Life of a Working Girl" and the cold, apathetic "Other Man." Sullen, self-pitying songs like "I'm Not Through With You Yet" have turned into the self-satisfied "It's in Your Eyes." Sloan has always written contemplative songs, but they're more serious and mature than ever before; "Are You Giving Me Back My Love?" is delicate and sorrowful, and "I Love a Long Goodbye" is achingly honest and beautiful. All in all, Pretty Together shows the bandmembers' styles becoming more blurred, and with pleasing results. ~ Gina Boldman, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
If It Feels Good Do It Sloan Sloan (3:57)
In the Movies Sloan Sloan (3:34)
The Other Man Sloan Sloan (3:54)
Dreaming of You Sloan Sloan (3:44)
Pick It Up and Dial It Sloan Sloan (3:36)
The Great Wall Sloan Sloan (3:11)
The Life of a Working Girl Sloan Sloan (3:47)
Never Seeing the Ground for the Sky Sloan Sloan (4:48)
It's in Your Eyes Sloan Sloan (4:31)
Who You Talkin' To? Sloan Sloan (3:15)
I Love a Long Goodbye Sloan Sloan (3:09)
Are You Giving Me Back My Love? Sloan Sloan (3:20)
Your Dreams Have Come True Sloan Sloan (3:22)

Credits

Bryden Baird (Trumpet), Patrick Pentland (Guitar), Jay Ferguson (Guitar), Catherine Stockhausen (Photography), Jay Ferguson (Vocals), Sloan (Producer), Brenndan McGuire (Engineer), Andrew Scott (Producer), Brenndan McGuire (Instrumentation), Patrick Pentland (Vocals), Jay Ferguson (Creative Director), Andrew Scott (Musician), Kirk McNally (Mixing Assistant), Chris Murphy (Bass), Jay Ferguson (Producer), Dean Maher (Mixing Assistant), Patrick Pentland (Creative Director), Chris Murphy (Producer), Patrick Pentland (Producer), Chris Murphy (Creative Director), Andrew Scott (Drums), Dave Ogilvie (Mixing), Sloan (Creative Director), Andrew Scott (Creative Director), Dean Maher (Mixing), Brenndan McGuire (Producer), Chris Murphy (Musician), Patrick Pentland (Musician), George Marino (Mastering), Chris Murphy (Vocals), Jay Ferguson (Musician), The Beehive (Graphic Design)
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Pretty Together
Studio album by Sloan
Released October 16, 2001
Genre Rock
Length 47:08
Label Murderecords
Producer Brenndan McGuire, Sloan
Professional reviews
Sloan chronology
Between the Bridges
(1999)		 Pretty Together
(2001)		 Action Pact
(2003)

Pretty Together is the sixth album by Canadian rock group Sloan. It was released on Murderecords in 2001, and is often seen as the band's most mature album. While it still has the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1990s influences of Between the Bridges, it is more melancholy with fewer of the upbeat songs found on previous albums. 'If It Feels Good Do It' and 'The Other Man' were the two major singles from the album, with the latter being a melancholy plea by Chris Murphy which marked an outing from the usual upbeat songs Murphy provides the group with.

"If It Feels Good Do It" was in the motion picture The Girl Next Door.

From this album, the song "The Other Man" was released as a single. The song describes a love triangle among the Canadian independent music community as it was inspired by Chris Murphy's relationship with Leslie Feist. While Murphy was dating Feist, she was also seeing fellow Broken Social Scene member Andrew Whiteman.[1][2]

Track listing

All songs were written by Sloan.

  1. "If It Feels Good Do It" – 3:57
  2. "In the Movies" – 3:34
  3. "The Other Man" – 3:54
  4. "Dreaming of You" – 3:44
  5. "Pick It Up and Dial It" – 3:36
  6. "The Great Wall" – 3:11
  7. "The Life of a Working Girl" – 3:47
  8. "Never Seeing the Ground for the Sky" – 4:48
  9. "It's in Your Eyes" – 4:31
  10. "Who You Talkin' To?" – 3:15
  11. "I Love a Long Goodbye" – 3:09
  12. "Are You Giving Me Back My Love?" – 3:20
  13. "Your Dreams Have Come True" – 3:22

B-sides

  • "Had Enough" (JPN import)
  • "Helen" (JPN import)
  • "Pretty Together (demo)" (Comes With a Smile vol 3 compilation)


Singles from "Pretty Together":
If It Feels Good Do It (2001)
The Other Man (2001)

References

  1. ^ "Cokemachineglow.com - Sloan: A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005". http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/301/sloan. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
  2. ^ ""Pop diva's advice helps Idols rock the stage"". CTV.ca. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060715/idol_ep15_recap_Nelly_furtado_060717/20060718?s_name=idol2006&no_ads=. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 
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Sloan
Jay Ferguson · Chris Murphy · Patrick Pentland · Andrew Scott
EPs
Peppermint EP · Hit & Run
Studio Albums
Live Albums
Compilations
Singles
"Underwhelmed" · "500 Up" · "Coax Me" · "People of the Sky" · "The Good in Everyone" · "Everything You've Done Wrong" · "The Lines You Amend" · "Money City Maniacs" · "She Says What She Means" · "Losing California" · "Friendship" · "If It Feels Good Do It" · "The Other Man" · "The Rest of My Life" · "All Used Up" · "Who Taught You to Live Like That?" · "Ill Placed Trust" · "I've Gotta Try" · "Believe in Me"
Videography
Keepin' the Tour Alive
Label(s)

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