Following the bungled American release of Twice Removed, it seemed unlikely that Sloan would survive, let alone record an album as wonderful as One Chord to Another. On the group's previous album, Sloan had refashioned itself as a power pop band, often with terrific results, but on One Chord to Another the songwriting blossoms. Filled with catchy, jangling riffs and memorable melodies, the record is a tour de force of hooks and harmonies, filled with exceptionally strong songs and forceful performances, which give the record a firm, rocking foundation. Few power pop records of the '90s are as infectious and memorable as One Chord to Another.
Up here in Canada, this song is played a fair deal even on commercial radio. It's a great tune, good-sounding and soulful. I don't have the particular album it's on so radio play is how I normally hear it, usually in someone else's car or house or a restaurant or something. The station I listen to in the car (I drive a LOT) is CJSR, the University of Alberta's campus station. I don't know them ...
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Up here in Canada, this song is played a fair deal even on commercial radio. It's a great tune, good-sounding and soulful. I don't have the particular album it's on so radio play is how I normally hear it, usually in someone else's car or house or a restaurant or something. The station I listen to in the car (I drive a LOT) is CJSR, the University of Alberta's campus station. I don't know them ...
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In two weeks-ish, it will be 10 years since I first met Sloan, since my first Sloan interview. When it happened, they were touring One Chord to Another which is probably my favorite album of theirs of all (though sometimes lately I think it's Navy Blues). And this song, it's on that record, and oh it's good. It came up on Baby Soda, the iPod Nano of champion (me) today on my way to work, and I ...
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