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Setting the Paces

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Setting the Paces
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 2009
GenreIndie Rock
Length38:14
LabelMagic Marker Records
BOAT chronology
Let's Drag Our Feet
(2007)
Setting the Paces
(2009)
Dress Like Your Idols
(2011)

Setting the Paces was the third full-length album by indie rock band BOAT, released in 2009.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10) [2]

Setting the Paces received largely positive reviews from critics. Allmusic's Tim Sendra describes the album as having "debts owed to Pavement, Television Personalities, and the Banana Splits, and with a bouncy energy that makes the album very easy to like."[3] Pitchfork Media's David Bevan claims the songs give "way to a full-blast power chord workout and on to a chuggable chorus... At the center of it all is one gooey, delicious hook... Every song is irrepressible in its own right."[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Friends Since 1989" – 2:31
  2. "Lately... (I've Been on My Back)" – 3:11
  3. "Tough Talking the Tulips" – 2:36
  4. "Interstate 5" – 1:53
  5. "100 Calorie Man" – 2:02
  6. "We Want It! We Want It!" – 3:25
  7. "The Name Tossers" – 3:55
  8. "Jeff Fell Dream" – 1:41
  9. "Prince of Tacoma" – 2:43
  10. "God Save the Man, Who Isn't All That Super" – 3:04
  11. "(Do the) Magic Centipede" – 2:07
  12. "Calcium Commuter" – 2:49
  13. "Reverie" – 2:34
  14. "You're Muscular" – 3:43
"Setting The Paces" Release Party. Neumos, Seattle, WA (10/22/09).

Personnel

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  • D. Crane, vocals and guitar
  • M. McKenzie, bass and guitar
  • J. Goodman, multi-instrumentalist, percussion
  • J. Long, drums, producer [5]
  • M. McKenzie, bass, guitar, vocals, bells
  • R. Cancro, saxophone, vocals [6]

Recording

  • Jackson Justice Long, producer, recording, mixing (5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14)
  • Cam Nicklaus, mixing, recording
  • John McCaig, mastering

References

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  1. ^ "Setting the Paces - BOAT | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: BOAT: Setting the Paces". Pitchforkmedia.com. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  3. ^ "Setting the Paces - BOAT | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "BOAT: Setting the Paces". Pitchfork.
  5. ^ "Setting the Paces - BOAT | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "The Funnest Band in the Universe".