The Gay Parade

Template:For {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |Template:Short description|noreplace}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy1998Horse & Elephant Eatery (No Elephants Allowed): The Singles and Songles Album2000AlbumThe Gay ParadeThe Gay Parade.jpgof MontrealFebruary 16, 1999September 1997Template:SndOctober 1998Indie pop, baroque pop, psychedelic pop44:35Bar/NoneKevin Barnesx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Album ratings The Gay Parade is a 1999 concept album by the band of Montreal and was their third full-length release. Allmusic's reviewer Jason Ankeny designated the album "indie pop's very own Sgt. Pepper".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Of Montreal's drummer and bassist Derek Almstead contemporaneously described it as a collection of character studies, comparable to the Kinks' 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

It has the first album cover designed by lead vocalist Kevin Barnes' brother David, who has since designed the artwork for nearly every subsequent of Montreal album.

Track listing

All songs by Kevin Barnes.

1. "Old Familiar Way"Template:Snd2:25
2. "Fun Loving Nun"Template:Snd2:17
3. "Tulip Baroo"Template:Snd2:10
4. "Jacques Lamure"Template:Snd2:31
5. "The March of the Gay Parade"Template:Snd2:55
6. "Neat Little Domestic Life"Template:Snd2:45
7. "A Collection of Poems About Water"Template:Snd3:57
8. "Y the Quale and Vaguely Bird Noisily Enjoying Their Forbidden Tryst/I'd Be a Yellow Feathered Loon"Template:Snd2:40
9. "The Autobiographical Grandpa"Template:Snd2:19
10. "The Miniature Philosopher"Template:Snd1:54
11. "My Friend Will Be Me"Template:Snd3:54
12. "My Favorite Boxer"Template:Snd3:01
13. "Advice from a Divorced Gentleman to His Bachelor Friend Considering Marriage"Template:Snd2:08
14. "A Man's Life Flashing Before His Eyes While He and His Wife Drive Off a Cliff into the Ocean"Template:Snd3:04
15. "Nickee Coco and the Invisible Tree"Template:Snd5:21
16. "The Gay Parade Outro"Template:Snd0:47