Nice, Nice, Very Nice
| Nice, Nice, Very Nice | ||||
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| Released | August 11, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 44:56 | |||
| Label | Arts & Crafts Productions | |||
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Nice, Nice, Very Nice is the second album by Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Mangan, released on August 11, 2009. The album was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.[1][2]
The album's title is a quotation from a poem contained in American author Kurt Vonnegut's 1963 novel Cat's Cradle.[3]
Two tracks on the album were released as singles and had music videos produced: "Robots", directed by Mike Lewis, and "Sold", directed by Sean Devlin.
A tenth-anniversary deluxe edition of the album was released in 2019, featuring demo versions of many of the album's songs.[4]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Road Regrets" | 4:31 |
| 2. | "Robots" | 4:04 |
| 3. | "The Indie Queens Are Waiting" | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Sold" | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Fair Verona" | 5:49 |
| 6. | "You Silly Git" | 3:45 |
| 7. | "Tina's Glorious Comeback" | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Et les mots croisés" | 3:22 |
| 9. | "Some People" | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Pine for Cedars" | 3:17 |
| 11. | "Basket" | 3:53 |
| 12. | "Set the Sails" | 2:30 |
References
[edit]- ^ Thompson, Ciaran (2010-09-20). "Karkwa win 2010 Polaris Music Prize". Aux. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ^ Harper, Kate (2010-07-06). "Dan Mangan Talks Polaris Music Prize Nomination". CHARTattack. Archived from the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
- ^ "Nice, Nice, Very Nice". DanManganMusic.com. 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ Allie Gregory, "Dan Mangan Unveils 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of 'Nice, Nice, Very Nice'". Exclaim!, October 30, 2019.
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