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2007 studio anthology by Tegan and Sara

The Con
Tegan and Sara - The Con cover.jpg
Studio anthology past

Tegan and Sara
Released July 24, 2007 (2007-07-24)
Recorded January 2007 – March 12, 2007, in Portland, Oregon
Genre
  • Indie rock
  • indie popular
  • alternative rock
Length 36:46
Label
  • Vapor
  • Sire
  • London
Producer
  • Tegan and Sara
  • Chris Walla
Tegan and Sara chronology
And then Jealous
(2004) 		The Con
(2007) 		Sainthood
(2009)
Singles from The Con
  1. "Back in Your Head"
    Released: February 8, 2008[1]
  2. "The Con"
    Released: February 22, 2008[2]

The Con is the fifth studio album by Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara, released on July 24, 2007.[three] [4] The album charted at number iv in Canada and at number 34 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.[5] [6] Two singles were released from the album, "Back in Your Head" and "The Con", which both had music videos filmed for them.[seven] [eight]

Guest performers on the album include Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of The Rentals and formerly of Weezer (on Sara's songs), Hunter Burgan of AFI (on Tegan'south songs) and Kaki King.[ix] [10] [11]

The title runway was featured in rhythm video game Stone Band 3.

Groundwork [edit]

The album was written during a menstruation of intense emotional turmoil for both Tegan and Sara. Sara was struggling with Canadian immigration to get her American-born girlfriend a working visa so they could alive together, while Tegan was dealing with the breakup of a five-twelvemonth relationship.[12] The twins were also mourning the death of their grandmother who, co-ordinate to Tegan, had been like a 2d mother to them. She stated that these factors combined to make The Con "very dark and also very much nigh reflecting on getting older, long-term relationships and the stop of things".[13] The songs Tegan wrote for The Con were heavily influenced by Against Me!'due south album Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy.[14]

The DVD edition of the anthology reveals the title track "The Con" was tentatively titled "Encircle Me" and "Similar O, Like H" was previously titled "SOS".

Release [edit]

In March 2007, the band announced the release of The Con, along with the track listing and other data.[15] The Con was released on July 24, 2007 on CD, vinyl and as a digital download.[3] [4] As appear on their MySpace blog, a special edition CD/DVD was released at the aforementioned time every bit the CD-only version. The CD/DVD release has a Parental Informational warning for profanity on the DVD, although the CD contains no explicit content.[xvi] The album debuted at number 4 in the Canadian Albums Chart. The album also debuted at number 34 on the US Billboard 200, selling about 19,000 copies in its commencement week.[17] In its second calendar week, the album cruel out of the tiptop 50, to No. 69, selling most x,000 that calendar week, totaling at 29,000. The album continued to chart that year until September, when it charted at number 192 before it cruel out of the nautical chart completely.[18] In November, they released the I'll Take the Blame EP, which featured "Dorsum in Your Head", a remix of that song, and ii new songs, released on CD and every bit a digital download.

In 2008, the commencement single from the album was released which was "Dorsum in Your Head", released on CD and digital download in February, and a music video was filmed for the song.[vii] The second unmarried released from the album was for "The Con", released 2 weeks after "Back in Your Caput", which also received a music video.[8] A music video for "Phone call It Off" was also released on September 15, 2008.[nineteen] They also went on bout for the album, and for the United states of america portion of their earth tour of this album, they have posted a serial of videos chosen "Trailer Talk" on their MySpace contour.

Critical reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AbsolutePunk (92%)[20]
AllMusic [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+[21]
The Observer [22]
Okayplayer (83%)[23]
Pitchfork (half-dozen.6/10)[24]
Rolling Stone [25]
BBC (favourable)[26]

The Con received positive reviews from the media, scoring 80 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic.[27] AllMusic gave the anthology iv stars out of five, saying that "Though each sister writes and sings atomic number 82 on vii tracks, it is Sara especially who writes the more intricate pieces ("Relief Adjacent to Me," "Like O, Like H"), showing a more adult songwriter, one who has matured since her kickoff piece of work came out, while Tegan draws more from simpler emo and pop-punk arrangements ("Nineteen," "Hop a Airplane"), her songs more straightforward, both compositionally and lyrically, than her sister's." Adding "Only this isn't to say that at that place'due south a kind of disparity or harsh contrast on The Con." BBC said that "Throughout The Con Tegan and Sara navigate a class that is both experimental and faithful to their pop music past. Alongside the lighter, less emotionally fraught leanings is a countering sharpness that cuts to the quick." Ending the review saying "With chameleonic deftness, Tegan and Sara have created a mystifyingly cool simply extraordinary album."[26]

Filter mag calls The Con "a startlingly dark, yet characteristically vibrant offering, featuring a band that's learned to harness the energy-highs, while tempering pretty (fifty-fifty pastoral) popular-folk with a new, deeply-affecting brand of melancholy." PopMatters gave The Con a score of viii out of 10, calling it "very, very good. To be more precise, information technology is one of the best albums so far of 2007 and one of the best recent pop releases." The A.5. Order says that "ultimately fifty-fifty The Con's failings work in its favor, providing a macro version of what the best Tegan And Sara songs practice, past stumbling along recklessly, then falling together."[28] [29]

The Observer writer Sarah Boden gave the album 5 stars out of five maxim that "On The Con, their fifth anthology, the writing has acquired a melancholy, sophisticated bloom – the 14 songs here accept a burnish that initially disguises stop-of-the-affair wretchedness. Better even so, it doesn't muddle emotion with overwrought hysterics." Catastrophe with "When your heart feels like a rock in your breast, The Con will evidence a perfect, sweetly addictive companion."[22] Jessica Suarez of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.half-dozen out of ten maxim that "Withal the tape'due south nigh interesting bits-- a neat sense of melody-- disappear too quickly and can't conduct the album over its production bumps. The edgiest thing virtually the sisters Quin continues to be their haircuts." Ending that ""Relief Next to Me" thumps like moisture newspaper though, her weak similes never edifice up to a satisfying payoff: a big chorus, a beautiful melody. "Relief" gets one thing correct though: When Sara sings nearly things "in the night", y'all get the feeling that, for much of their young, female person audience anyhow, they tin serve every bit a beacon."[24]

Accolades [edit]

Year Nominated piece of work Award Issue
2008 The Con Juno Awards, Alternative Album of the Year Nominated
2008 The Con Polaris Music Prize Longlist Nominated
2009 "The Con" Studio8 Vocal of Baronial 2009 Won

Music videos [edit]

The video for "Back in Your Head" features the duo performing the vocal in front of an audience of people wearing white clothing and white balaclavas. In the middle there is ane person wearing black vesture, and Sara looks over to Tegan and when she turns back the person has gone. Some more people wearing the black clothing announced behind Tegan and Sara, and they run away as the audience all of a sudden turns from people wearing white clothing to black wear and balaclavas. The duo eventually find themselves back where they started, except the audition starts going back to people in white habiliment and the curtains behind them are closed.[7]

The video for "The Con" features Tegan in a belfry cake talking to a psychiatrist, while Sara is searching all over the building for her. Sara eventually climbs out of the window and onto the stairs outside and climbs to the room in which Tegan is in. The psychiatrist all of a sudden faints, when Sara knocks on the window. Tegan lets Sara in and they run out of the room and try to escape the building. Near the end of the video, there are shots of Tegan in her bed dreaming of her drowning in a bath interspersed in the video. The video ends as Tegan manages to get herself out of the water, and she wakes upwards from the dream.[8]

The video for "Telephone call It Off" features Tegan in the centre of a room singing the song as Sara wraps colourful telephone cables around her.[19]

Commercial performance [edit]

The Con debuted at number 4 on the Canadian Albums Chart. The album was somewhen certified gilt by Music Canada for sales of over 50,000 copies in Canada. In the U.s.a., the album charted at number 34 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The Con marked Tegan and Sara'due south first chart entry non only in Due north America but internationally, peaking at number 32 in Australia and number 47 in Kingdom of belgium.

Track listing [edit]

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I Was Married" Sara Quin 1:32
two. "Relief Side by side to Me" S. Quin three:01
3. "The Con" Tegan Quin three:30
4. "Pocketknife Going In" S. Quin 2:ten
5. "Are You Ten Years Ago" T. Quin 3:17
6. "Back in Your Head" S. Quin 3:00
7. "Hop a Airplane" T. Quin one:49
8. "Soil, Soil" T. Quin 1:23
9. "Fire Your Life Down" S. Quin 2:22
x. "Nineteen" T. Quin 2:56
11. "Floorplan" S. Quin iii:38
12. "Similar O, Like h" South. Quin 2:40
13. "Nighttime Come Soon" T. Quin 3:07
14. "Telephone call It Off" T. Quin 2:21
Total length: 36:46

DVD features

  • The Con: The Flick (Making of the album)
  • Extras
    • Ptosis: Explained
    • Ptosis Outtakes
    • Duct Tape Dreads
    • Feelings Report
    • Video Chapters

Tegan and Sara Present the Con X: Covers [edit]

On October 20, 2017, the duo released a compilation anthology titled Tegan and Sara Present the Con X: Covers, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of The Con. The compilation contains covers of each song performed by various artists, as well as a previously unreleased demo "Miami Nevertheless", performed by the duo.

No. Title Performer(s) Length
1. "I Was Married" Ruth B. 1:34
2. "Relief Adjacent to Me" Muna two:57
3. "The Con" Shura four:25
iv. "Pocketknife Going In" Mykki Blanco 3:20
5. "Are Y'all Ten Years Ago" Pvris 4:xl
vi. "Back in Your Head" Ryan Adams 3:09
seven. "Hop a Plane" City and Colour ii:41
8. "Soil, Soil" Kelly Lee Owens 2:19
9. "Burn Your Life Downwards" Bleachers 2:twoscore
ten. "Nineteen" Hayley Williams 4:11
eleven. "Floorplan" Sara Bareilles three:48
12. "Like O, Like H" Shamir
xiii. "Dark Come Presently" Trashique (Grimes X Hana) 3:00
14. "Telephone call It Off" Chvrches 5:00
15. "Back in Your Caput" Cyndi Lauper 3:41
16. "One Second" Bleached iii:10
17. "I Take All the Blame" Vivek Shraya 3:04
18. "Miami Still" (Demo) Tegan and Sara three:36
Total length: 59:50

Notes

  • Ryan Adams'south cover of "Back in Your Head" is not available on the The states edition of the compilation. Cyndi Lauper's cover is placed on track vi on the US edition.

Personnel [edit]

  • Tegan Quin – guitars, keyboards, piano, vocals
  • Sara Quin – guitars, keyboards, pianoforte, vocals
  • Christopher Walla – guitars (6, x), keyboards (12), organ (half dozen), shakers (half-dozen), cymbals (5), tiny guitars (5, 14), bass (iv, 9)
  • Ted Gowans – guitars (two, three, half dozen, 7, 9, x, fourteen), keyboards (2, four, 5, six, x, 11, 12, 13), organ (13)
  • Matt Sharp – bass (i, ii, six, 9, 11, 12) on all of Sara'due south songs
  • Hunter Burgan – bass (3, 7, eight, 10, 13, xiv) on all of Tegan'southward songs
  • Kaki King – lap steel (four), guitar (eleven)
  • Jason McGerr – drums, percussion

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Chart (2007) Summit
position
Australian Albums Chart (ARIA)[30] 32
Belgian Albums (Flanders)[31] 47
Canadian Albums Chart[v] 4
US Billboard 200[6] 34
US Alternative Albums[32] 11
US Digital Albums[33] 17
US Top Stone Albums[34] x
United states Tastemaker Albums[35] iv

Certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

References [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • Filter-Magazine pre-release review

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Con_%28album%29

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