Apologies to the Queen Mary

Apologies to the Queen Mary is the highly-acclaimed first full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade.

Track listing

1. "You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son" (Krug) – 2:54
2. "Modern World" (Boeckner) – 2:52
3. "Grounds for Divorce" (Krug) – 3:25
4. "We Built Another World" (Boeckner) – 3:15
5. "Fancy Claps" (Krug) – 2:51
6. "Same Ghost Every Night" (Boeckner) – 5:44
7. "Shine a Light" (Boeckner) – 3:47
8. "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" (Krug) – 3:39
9. "I'll Believe in Anything" (Krug) – 4:36
10. "It's a Curse" (Boeckner) – 3:12
11. "Dinner Bells" (Krug) – 7:34
12. "This Heart's on Fire" (Boeckner) – 3:59

About the album

Songwriting and vocals are split between guitarist Dan Boeckner and keyboardist Spencer Krug.

According to interviews with the band, the album is named after an incident in which the band was removed from the ocean liner Queen Mary for breaking down the door of a ballroom and staging a violent séance.

The album achieved a score of 83 out of 100 on Metacritic, appeared in the Canadian edition of Time magazine's list of "Canada's Most Anticipated Indie Albums of the Year", and was shortlisted for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize.

The song "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" refers to Pretas of Buddhist mythology. The "Hungry Ghosts" – beings...
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