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{{Infobox album
| name       = Navy Blues
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]]
| cover      = Sloan_Navy_Blues.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 28, 1998
| recorded   = November 1997 – January 1998
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[indie rock]]
| length     = 46:27
| label      = [[murderecords]]
| producer   = Daryl Smith, [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]]
| prev_title = [[Recorded Live at a Sloan Party]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[4 Nights at the Palais Royale]]
| next_year  = 1999
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Navy Blues
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Money City Maniacs]]
 | single1date = 1998
 | single2     = She Says What She Means
 | single2date = 1998
 | single3     = Keep on Thinkin’
 | single3date = 1998
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r352813|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]
|rev2score = 6.3/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/sloan/navy-blues.shtml|title=Sloan: Navy Blues: Pitchfork Review|website=Pitchforkmedia.com|access-date=May 26, 2025}}</ref>
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'''''Navy Blues''''' is the fourth studio album by [[Canadian rock]] band [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]].  Released on [[Murderecords]] in 1998, the album is slightly heavier than their two previous albums, showing an influence from 1970s rock mixed with their usual catchy, melodic, [[The Beatles|Beatles]]-esque sound.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} The album contains arguably their most popular song, "[[Money City Maniacs]]," which went on to be used in a beer commercial at the time. The song also became a top 10 hit in the band's native Canada and received heavy radio airplay. ''Navy Blues'' was [[Music Canada#Certification awards|certified Gold]] in Canada on June 12, 1998. By October 1998, the album had sold more than 70,000 copies. The album was nominated for [[Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year|Best Rock Album]] at the [[Juno Awards of 1999|1999 Juno Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=1970&to-year=2016&nomination-category=&wins-only=no&artist=Sloan|title=Awards|website=Junoawards.ca|access-date=June 19, 2016}}</ref>

The album's cover art is a direct copy of the movie poster for the 1959 Polish film ''[[Night Train (1959 film)|Night Train]]'' (Polish: ''Pociąg'').{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

== Track listing ==
All songs credited to Sloan.
{{tracklist
| title1   = She Says What She Means
| writer1  = [[Chris Murphy (Canadian musician)|Chris Murphy]]
| length1  = 3:01
| title2   = C'mon C'mon (We're Gonna Get It Started)
| writer2  = [[Jay Ferguson (Canadian musician)|Jay Ferguson]]
| length2  = 3:30
| title3   = Iggy & Angus
| writer3  = [[Patrick Pentland]]
| length3  = 2:49
| title4   = Sinking Ships
| writer4  = [[Andrew Scott (drummer)|Andrew Scott]]
| length4  = 4:57
| title5   = Keep on Thinkin{{'-}}
| writer5  = Chris Murphy
| length5  = 2:32
| title6   = [[Money City Maniacs]]
| writer6  = Patrick Pentland/Chris Murphy
| length6  = 3:53
| title7   = Seems So Heavy
| writer7  = Andrew Scott
| length7  = 4:08
| title8   = Chester the Molester
| writer8  = Chris Murphy
| length8  = 3:14
| title9   = Stand By Me, Yeah
| writer9  = Patrick Pentland
| length9  = 3:19
| title10  = Suppose They Close the Door
| writer10 = Chris Murphy/Andrew Scott
| length10 = 3:45
| title11  = On the Horizon
| writer11 = Andrew Scott
| length11 = 4:06
| title12  = I Wanna Thank You
| writer12 = Jay Ferguson
| length12 = 3:58
| title13  = I'm Not Through With You Yet
| writer13 = Patrick Pentland
| length13 = 3:15

}}

'''Japanese bonus tracks'''
{{tracklist
| title14  = Out to Lunch
| writer14 = Patrick Pentland
| length14 = 3:37
| title15  = Work Cut Out
| writer15 = Chris Murphy
| length15 = 2:42
}}

'''B-sides'''
* "Keep on Thinkin' (acoustic)" ("She Says What She Means" promo)

===Deluxe reissue=== 
;LP1&nbsp;- Navy Blues
#"She Says What She Means" ([[Chris Murphy (Canadian musician)|Chris Murphy]]/Sloan)&nbsp;- 3:01
#"C'mon C'mon(We're Gonna Get It Started)" ([[Jay Ferguson (Canadian musician)|Jay Ferguson]])&nbsp;- 3:30
#"Iggy & Angus" ([[Patrick Pentland]])&nbsp;- 2:48
#"Sinking Ships" ([[Andrew Scott (drummer)|Andrew Scott]])&nbsp;- 4:58
#"Keep on Thinkin'" (Chris Murphy) - 2:32
#"[[Money City Maniacs]]" (Patrick Pentland/Chris Murphy) - 3:53
#"Seems so Heavy" (Andrew Scott) - 4:08
#"Chester the Molester" (Chris Murphy) - 3:14
#"Stand By Me, Yeah" (Patrick Pentland) - 3:19
#"Suppose They Close the Door" (Chris Murphy/Andrew Scott) - 3:45
#"On the Horizon" (Andrew Scott) - 4:04
#"I Wanna Thank You" (Jay Ferguson) - 3:59
#"I'm Not Through with You Yet" (Patrick Pentland) - 3:15
;LP2&nbsp;- The Demos
#"She Says What She Means-July-Aug 1996 Demo" (Chris Murphy) - 2:19
#"C'mon C'mon(We're Gonna Get It Started)-Autumn 1997 Demo" (Jay Ferguson) - 3:31
#"Iggy & Angus-Jan-Feb 1997 Demo" (Patrick Pentland) - 2:09
#"Sinking Ships-Oct 1997 Demo" (Andrew Scott) - 4:41
#"Keep on Thinkin'-July 1997 Demo" (Chris Murphy) - 2:28
#"Money City Maniacs-Aug 1997 Demo (Patrick Pentland/Chris Murphy) - 3:27
#"Seems so Heavy-Sept 1997 Demo" (Andrew Scott) - 3:43
#"Chester the Molester-July 1997 Demo" (Chris Murphy) - 2:53
#"Stand by Me, Yeah-Aug 1997 Demo" (Patrick Pentland) - 3:01
#"Suppose They Close the Door-July 1997 Demo" (Chris Murphy/Andrew Scott) - 3:43
#"On the Horizon-Oct 1997 Demo" (Andrew Scott) - 4:37
#"I Wanna Thank You-Autumn-Winter 1997 Demo" (Jay Ferguson) - 3:39
#"I'm Not Through with You Yet-Aug 1997 Demo" (Patrick Pentland) - 3:06
;LP3&nbsp;- The Outtakes
#"So Beyond Me-Studio Outtake" (Chris Murphy) - 2:45 
#"Just One Shot-July-Aug 1996 Demo" (Patrick Pentland) - 2:52
#"I Feel Lied To-July 1997 Demo" (Chris Murphy) - 2:21
#"Mother's Day-Studio Outtake" (Andrew Scott) - 3:56
#"Style is Still Style-Studio Outtake" (Chris Murphy) - 3:21
#"2, 3 Hello-Aug 1997 Demo" (Patrick Pentland) - 1:21
#"Open Your Umbrellas-Early 1997 Demo" (Chris Murphy) - 2:10
#"Daddy Be Cool-Studio Outtake" (Chris Murphy) - 2:49
#"Family Tree-Oct 1997 Demo" (Andrew Scott) - 4:20
#"All by Myself-Studio Outtake Version 2" (Chris Murphy) - 3:38
#"Glen Campbell-July-Aug 1996 Demo" (Jay Ferguson) - 0:59
#"I've Enabled Myself-Aug 1997 Demo" (Chris Murphy) - 1:48
#"Helen-Oct 1997 Demo" (Andrew Scott) - 3:29
#"Yours to Steal-July 1997 Demo" (Chris Murphy) - 1:32
;7"1&nbsp;
#"Rock Star Admit It-July-Aug 1996 Demo" (Chris Murphy) - 3:13
#"Out to Lunch-Aug 1997 Demo" (Patrick Pentland) - 2:30
;Hammond Jam&nbsp;
#"Hammond Jam Pt 1-Studio Outtake" - 2:20
#"Hammond Jam Pt 2-Studio Outtake" - 2:08

==Other details==
* "She Says What She Means" was the last song recorded for the album. Chris Murphy wanted to make a [[hard rock]] song because he was jealous of Patrick Pentland's rock songs "[[Money City Maniacs]]" and "Iggy & Angus".<ref name="Chart">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/1998/05/01/sloans-navy-blues-album-explained-track-by-track/ |title=Sloan's Navy Blues Album Explained Track-By-Track (via Archive.org) |magazine=[[Chart (magazine)|Chart]] |access-date=2020-02-24  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413121542/http://www.chartattack.com/news/1998/05/01/sloans-navy-blues-album-explained-track-by-track/ |archive-date=13 April 2012 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* Murphy took the title of his song "Chester the Molester" from a name of a character in a ''[[Hustler (magazine)|Hustler]]'' magazine cartoon strip, that his cousins used to call him. Murphy was reminded of the name by Mark Gaudet, the drummer from the Canadian bands [[Elevator (band)|Elevator To Hell]] and [[Eric's Trip]].<ref name="Chart"/>
* The lyrics for "I'm Not Through With You Yet" were the original lyrics for "Worried Now" from Sloan's 1994 album, ''[[Twice Removed]]''. Pentland originally titled the song with the words "Cotton Picking" because of its supposed "Southern feel", but changed it out of fear that it might be taken as racist.<ref name="Chart"/>

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