Name: The Gay Parade
Brand: Bar/None Records
SKU: 179325
Price: 11.01 USD
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The Gay Parade

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Album: The Gay Parade
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Old Familiar Way	More Info...	0:02
2)	Fun Loving Nun	More Info...	0:02
3)	Tulip Baroo	More Info...	0:02
4)	Jacques Lamure	More Info...	0:02
5)	The March of the Gay Parade	More Info...	0:03
6)	Neat Little Domestic Life	More Info...	0:02
7)	A Collection of Poems About Water	More Info...	0:04
8)	Y the Quale and Vaguely Bird Noisily Enjoying Their Forbidden Tryst/I'd Be a Yellow Feathered Loon	More Info...	0:02
9)	The Autobiographical Grandpa	More Info...	0:02
10)	The Miniature Philosopher	More Info...	0:02
11)	My Friend Will Be Me	More Info...	0:04
12)	My Favorite Boxer	More Info...	0:03
13)	Advice from a Divorced Gentleman to His Bachelor Friend Considering Marriage	More Info...	0:02
14)	A Man's Life Flashing Before His Eyes While He and His Wife Drive Off a Cliff Into the Ocean	More Info...	0:03
15)	Nickee Coco and the Invisible Tree	More Info...	0:05
16)	The Gay Parade Outro	More Info...

Album: The Gay Parade
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Old Familiar Way	More Info...	0:02
2)	Fun Loving Nun	More Info...	0:02
3)	Tulip Baroo	More Info...	0:02
4)	Jacques Lamure	More Info...	0:02
5)	The March of the Gay Parade	More Info...	0:03
6)	Neat Little Domestic Life	More Info...	0:02
7)	A Collection of Poems About Water	More Info...	0:04
8)	Y the Quale and Vaguely Bird Noisily Enjoying Their Forbidden Tryst/I'd Be a Yellow Feathered Loon	More Info...	0:02
9)	The Autobiographical Grandpa	More Info...	0:02
10)	The Miniature Philosopher	More Info...	0:02
11)	My Friend Will Be Me	More Info...	0:04
12)	My Favorite Boxer	More Info...	0:03
13)	Advice from a Divorced Gentleman to His Bachelor Friend Considering Marriage	More Info...	0:02
14)	A Man's Life Flashing Before His Eyes While He and His Wife Drive Off a Cliff Into the Ocean	More Info...	0:03
15)	Nickee Coco and the Invisible Tree	More Info...	0:05
16)	The Gay Parade Outro	More Info...

Performer Notes

Of Montreal includes: Kevin Barnes (vocals, guitar, lap guitar, banjo, piano, keyboards, bass, drums, bells); Derek Almstead (vocals, guitars, bass, drums); Jamey Huggins (vocals, drums, percussion); Julian Kester (vocals, saw); Bryan Helium (vocals); Andrew Rieger (spoken vocals); John Fernandes (violin, background vocals); Heather MacIntosh (cello); Dottie Alexander (clarinet, keyboards, background vocals); Scott Spillane (horns); Pete Erchick (piano); A. C. Forrester (melodica, lap guitar, penny whistle, bass, bass drum, toy piano, car horn); Josh McKay (vibraphone); Rob Carter (upright bass); Jeremy Barnes (drums, background vocals); Laura Hetsler, Jeremy Ayers, Hank Wren, John Dazze, Laura Glenn (background vocals).
Recorded from September 1997 to October 1998.
From the idiosyncratic Elephant 6 pop collective that includes Olivia Tremor Control, Apples In Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel comes the similarly inclined Of Montreal. Like their aforementioned pals, Of Montreal favors the '60s pop sounds pioneered by the Beach Boys, Beatles, Kinks, etc. With a healthy dose of light-hearted humor and breathlessly catchy songs that display a gift for melody, THE GAY PARADE is a pop tour de force.
Giddy high harmonies, effervescent organ and piano and oddities like musical saw and pennywhistle will undoubtedly steer the listener toward that most overused (but in this case unavoidable) of adjectives, "quirky." The elaborate, skewed psychedelia of the arrangements (which also successfully incorporate strings and horns) is the perfect complement to these loopy pop gems.

Professional Reviews

CMJ (3/1/99, p.26) - "...Mastermind Kevin Barnes presents a series of colorful characters throughout these 16 tracks....consistently upbeat thanks to whimsical instrumentation, sing-along melodies and bouncy tempos,....its exuberant songs offer a much-needed escape from an angst-filled world."