Between the Bridges
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Between the Bridges is the fifth album by Canadian rock band Sloan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The album was recorded in six weeks and was released in 1999 on Murderecords. The album continued the band's progression towards 1970s-influenced rock mixed with 1960s and 70s influenced pop. The album marks a pivotal move forward for the group, expanding on their influences and featured another successful single in their native Canada, "Losing California".
The album's "quick and photocopy looking" cover art was inspired by a black-and-white photo of the movie poster for the 1969 satirical comedy Putney Swope, which band member Jay Ferguson saw in a book.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Critical reception
The A.V. Club wrote that "though many dismissed the album as creatively arrested, its suite-like construction and autobiographical structure makes it Sloan's most fully realized effort."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Exclaim! called the album "a pop thrill from start to finish."<ref name="auto"/> The Washington Post wrote that "the fact that all four musicians both write and sing gives the sound breadth, yet at no cost to cohesiveness."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Between the Bridges was voted as the third best Canadian album of 1999 by Chart readers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was also voted as the 19th best album of 1999 by CFNY-FM listeners.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Commercial performance
By October 2001, the album had sold 40,000 copies worldwide.
Track listing
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B-sides
- "Glad to Be Here" (Patrick Pentland/Sloan) (MuchMusic Edgefest 99 compilation)