The Gay Parade | ||||
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Released | February 16, 1999 | |||
Recorded | September 1997 – October 1998 | |||
Genre | Indie pop, baroque pop, psychedelic pop | |||
Length | 44:35 | |||
Label | Bar/None | |||
Producer | Kevin Barnes | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PopMatters | (very favorable) link |
Sputnikmusic | (4.5/5) link |
Ultimate-Guitar | (10/10) link |
The Gay Parade is a 1999 concept album by the band of Montreal and was their third full-length release. Allmusic's reviewer Jason Ankeny designated the album "indie pop's very own Sgt. Pepper".[1] Of Montreal's drummer and bassist Derek Almstead contemporaneously described it as a collection of character studies, comparable to the Kinks' 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.[2]
It has the first album cover designed by lead vocalist Kevin Barnes' brother David, who has since designed the artwork for nearly every subsequent of Montreal album.
All songs by Kevin Barnes.