Volume 1 (The Besnard Lakes album)

Volume 1
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2003
GenreAlternative
Length43:59
The Besnard Lakes chronology
Volume 1
(2003)
The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(6.4/10) [1]

Volume 1 is the debut studio album from Canadian rock band The Besnard Lakes. Only a thousand copies were made for the 2003 release. The album was rereleased on a larger scale October 23, 2007.

The cover features the Princeton Similkameen Funeral Services home - the owner of which was charged in 2007 with fraud and offering an indignity to human remains. [1]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Skyscraper Girls"9:44
2."This Thing"4:35
3."For Spy Turned Musician"5:21
4."Thomasina"3:44
5."You've Got to Want to Be a Star"9:32
6."Deep, Desultory Dream"6:39
7."Life Rarely Begins with Tungsten Film #1"4:24

Personnel

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The Besnard Lakes
  • Jace Lasek, Olga Goreas – guitars, basses, organs, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, drums, saxophone, flute, vocals, reverbs and delays
Additional musician
  • Gilles Catilloux – drums on "Deep, Desultory Dream"
Production
  • The Besnard Lakes – production, recording
  • JJ Golden – mastering
  • Jace Lasek – artwork
  • Todd Stewart – design assistance

References

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