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Universal acclaim- based on 174 Ratings
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Positive: 150 out of 174
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Mixed: 20 out of 174
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Negative: 4 out of 174
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Nov 24, 2021
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Aug 16, 2015Whatever happened to the excitement of music discovery? If true listening pleasure is to be reduced to a couple great records a year, it's a damn good thing Apologies to the Queen Mary is one of them. 9.6/10
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Dec 17, 2012Took me a long time to delve into what Wolf Parade were all about. Apologies To The Queen Mary is an impressive debut. They make indie rock intricate and awesome again. No one track sound the same. First five tracks are brilliant, and the rest are great. All In All, dan Boeckner is a fantastic musician and a wonderful lyricist, and Wolf Parade are a great indie band, and so is this LP. B+
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Jan 30, 2011Based on the quality and originality of the songwriting and the musci itself, Wolf Parade should be known by more people. Arcade Fire were the first indie band I listened to, and so I will always love them, but Wolf Parade are not afraid to go beyond the norm. "Shine a Light" is possibly me favourite song on my mp3 player
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JustinB.Sep 21, 2007It's crazy that is isn't even good enough to be in 2005's top 30. this album is simply breathtaking and great.
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HollisG.Aug 16, 2007
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EricCMar 23, 2007
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MarekVSep 29, 2006They really come with a new impresive sound!
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grayrabbitAug 23, 2006
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oJun 14, 2006Not one of the thirty best albums of 2005? You're crazy or you didn't bother to listen to it a second time. These guys are the goods, their live show wrecked anything else I saw come through nyc, no mistake, this is one of the very best of 2005.
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mr.hankeyJun 3, 2006
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AlanMay 4, 2006A better-than-average album--you can tell there are excellent songs under there, but the production has made the band Modest Mouse-tified, which doesn't really play to their strengths. A good start--but this band isn't the second coming of anything as of yet. And ditch Issac Brock, that would be a good start next time around.
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JonathanSApr 26, 2006Nice sound, but not very special. Bad lyrics too!
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GioSMar 31, 2006One of the best albums of 2005. Canada has had an all-star lineup this year!
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WayneMar 28, 2006Stunning, brilliant, and over all one of the best albums of 2005. As one reviewer called them a more reserved Frog Eyes, they are so much more than that. Wolf Parade goes straight for the heart and keeps on pulling at its strings.
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seamusmMar 28, 2006The Queen Mary has sailed away without me, i'm afraid....kind of disappointed with this cd
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ChupacabraMar 12, 2006wow
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dansMar 9, 2006It's a great album. Jack, you are the hippest of hipsters. Frog Eyes are pretty conventional themselves.
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PatWFeb 3, 2006This is one wicked album. Gets better everytime i listen to it. This heart is definetly on fire....
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BobJan 28, 2006Great album the lyrics are greats and it is so easy to listen to the high quality of music from this talented band. This is made better when out alone in the dead of night listening to it while walking alnoe.
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colinmJan 11, 2006the arcade fire were but a voice crying out in the wilderness wolf parade are our rock and roll messiahs
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jackJan 6, 2006Wolf Parade are like Frog Eyes if Frog Eyes played conventional indie rock. But for those of us who love Frog Eyes, as I do, a more conventional version of that band just isn't of much interest
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laureneDec 21, 2005lyrics drums flawless
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MartyYDec 20, 2005The album lacks a tad of the despairing emotion from their pre-Sub Pop EP, but the album still rocks hard. Great songs, great arrangements, great vocals. Every time I listen to "Dear and Sons and Daughters..." and "I'll Believe in Anything" I forget whatever I'm doing and I get lost in the music. Why I haven't been in more car accidents is a miracle.
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JohnNDec 14, 2005
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MackDec 10, 2005
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RyanDNov 30, 2005Meh . . . Over hyped, over rated album.
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seamusNov 21, 2005they might sound and be influenced by this or that, but look past comparisons and look at the beauty that is "Apologies to the Queen Mary"
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MikeyBNov 19, 2005
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BenJNov 17, 2005Complete tunless dirge. Put next to Arcade Fire this record is a complete joke. Sack one of the vocalists, drop a keyboard, get a bass player in and a decent producer. Overhyped Rubbsih Record Of The Year.
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Awards & Rankings
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Wolf Parade do what they do better than anyone in recent memory.
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On paper this all could sound average, but Wolf Parade's true talent is transforming the everyday into the unprecedented.
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They’ve cleaned up their grungy guitar lines (thank you Sub Pop), reworked a few of the best songs from their early EPs, and the result is undoubtedly the best contender for the Arcade Fire/Broken Social Scene-helm of 2005.