o5. The New Pornographers - Challengers

The second that I heard the first release from this album, I knew it would be the next post for Album of the Week. In fact, I had to try my very hardest to not post two albums last week because I wanted to post this one so badly.

The New Pornographers formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Almost immediately after banding together they recorded the classic "Letter from an Occupant" and since then, it's been on. With eight members in this highly successful Canadian Indie group, The New Pornographers have put out four full-length albums and have been featured on three compilation albums, more recently on the CBC Radio 3's "Sessions Volume III" released earlier this month. With their latest release, "Challengers", The New Pornographers have amassed positive reviews and it gives you almost everything you would want and expect from the band. Considering the band has eight members, this album succeeds in showcasing a bit of each personality but still keeps the group meshed together. After your first listen to this great piece, you will be won over. But with repeated listens, I can almost guarantee that it will not only become part of your "Top 5", but will stay there for some time to come.

If you don't like this album, you are crazy and I probably don't want to know you anymore. I present to you "Challengers", the latest, and perhaps greatest, release from Canada's very own The New Pornographers.

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It's a .zip file so you must have winZIP or winRAR to extract the files!

Tracklisting
1. My Rights Versus Yours - 4:17
2. All the Old Showstoppers - 4:08
3. Challengers - 3:31
4. Myriad Harbour - 4:00
5. All the Things that Go to Make Heaven and Earth - 3:09
6. Failsafe - 2:37
7. Unguided - 6:33
8. Entering White Cecilia - 3:28
9. Go Places - 4:32
10. Mutiny, I Promise You - 4:12
11. Adventures In Solitude - 4:16
12. The Spirit of Giving - 4:01