Apologies To The Queen Mary
by Wolf Parade
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Sep 27, 2005
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 174 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 150 out of 174
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 174
  3. Negative: 4 out of 174

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  1. JeanT
    Oct 26, 2005
    10
    For me, it's the best album of the year (with Arcade Fire, of course, but better).
  2. PhilipF
    Oct 3, 2005
    8
    High highs and not very low lows. Gets boring in the middle but finishes strong. Not as consistent as Funeral or CYHSY, but still very good.
  3. B.O.Braxton
    Oct 4, 2005
    10
    THis AlBuM RULzZZZ111!!!!
  4. KyleJ
    Sep 29, 2005
    9
    "I'll believe in anything" might be the best song....ever. Seriously.
  5. PatW
    Feb 3, 2006
    10
    This is one wicked album. Gets better everytime i listen to it. This heart is definetly on fire....
  6. dans
    Mar 9, 2006
    9
    It's a great album. Jack, you are the hippest of hipsters. Frog Eyes are pretty conventional themselves.
  7. AlexP
    Nov 12, 2005
    9
    Sounds like they
  8. AdamX
    Oct 1, 2005
    9
    It is great, but I don't caculate this as a 91 overall... and it is nowhere near the best of the year... get Sufjan back on top! After 38 reviews and an average of 90 he deserves the top.
  9. BenA
    Oct 1, 2005
    10
    Seriously the best thing I have heard in a long time. This one deserves all the attention it is getting and then some.
  10. RaulJulia
    Oct 11, 2005
    9
    So this is it. The hottest thing since CYHSY or Sufjan's ne one. Well, let me tell you...I have listened to it now 8-10 times and it keeps getting better. It is not as portable as its MM connection, even with Mr. Brock's production. Worth the time for sure.
  11. Smaz
    Nov 9, 2005
    10
    Everything we can ask for from a modern indie band. Apologies delivers with scintillating vocal synths and catchy guitar riffs, yet at the same time presenting an assortment of songs that can't help but draw references to Modest Mouse and the intricateness of Yo La Tengo.
  12. T-WiLL
    Oct 19, 2005
    8
    Solid album on the whole. "Shine a Light" is hands down the best single of 2005. Give the rest of the album a few spins before you pass judgement. Its hooks will eventually set in.
  13. J.R.
    Oct 19, 2005
    8
    After over-rated albums by CYHSY and others we finally have an album that lives up to the hype. Clap Your Hands for Wolf Parade!
  14. tr
    Oct 21, 2005
    9
    If your not totally into this record by the third listen then something is wrong with you!
  15. MartiH
    Oct 25, 2005
    7
    A good LP that grows on you with repeated listenings. It is reminiscent of Modest Mouse, but that's not a bad thing. I recommend it.
  16. RickardB
    Oct 31, 2005
    10
    amazing really
  17. DanC
    Oct 4, 2005
    10
    Sensational debut, that takes their earlier EP's and expands the soundscape of them. Fucking great live band and really nice dudes as well
  18. LeeG
    Oct 4, 2005
    9
    Great album. Great band name. "Shine a Light", "Hearts on Fire", and "I'll Believe in Anything" stand out but there isn't one back track.
  19. JosieS
    Oct 5, 2005
    10
    I'm obsessed with this album and constantly nagging friends to check it out.
  20. Benny
    Oct 6, 2005
    7
    Ehh
  21. MarioI
    Sep 27, 2005
    10
    hands down the best album of the year.
  22. RansomC
    Sep 28, 2005
    10
    oh my god!!! so, so, so good. it's like hearing the white album for the first time.
  23. BradK
    Sep 28, 2005
    10
    Spencer's yelping lyrical flow in Dear Sons and Daughters... is perfect. Wolf Parade embody rock, the ideals of Halloween sounds, pain, thinking, and other crisp visions.
  24. PatrickM
    Sep 28, 2005
    10
    Isn't this what indie ought to be? This album is fun, engaging, enthralling, and just straight-up cooler than the mainstream would ever give us. Also, do yourself a favor and see them live with Arcade Fire this fall, it will prove to be a very rewarding experience!
  25. BradleyK
    Sep 29, 2005
    10
    One of the top five albums of the year easily.
  26. SeanT
    Sep 29, 2005
    7
    This is a pleasant enough indie-pop album, but there's nothing new here to warrant anything near the "album of the year" status people have been heaping upon it. First of all, it sounds way too much like last years over-blown hype machine, the Arcade Fire. Both bands use the yelping, i-wish-i-was-david-byrne style of vocals that is just a little too trendy right now (i.e. every This is a pleasant enough indie-pop album, but there's nothing new here to warrant anything near the "album of the year" status people have been heaping upon it. First of all, it sounds way too much like last years over-blown hype machine, the Arcade Fire. Both bands use the yelping, i-wish-i-was-david-byrne style of vocals that is just a little too trendy right now (i.e. every single new band is doing it). Basically, it's OK, but it's not life-changing (by the way, I find it funny that metacritic used the "they'll change your life" quote to sum up allmusic's review, when I'm pretty sure that was just a sarcastic reference to Garden State).… Expand
  27. JoeG
    Sep 30, 2005
    10
    A simply amazing album. It seemed almost average on the first listen, but after putting some time into it, I can't stop listening. Every track is brimming with emotion and the inovation is clear. Definately my favorite album of the year, surpassing even Twin Cinema in my eyes.
  28. ShawnA
    Sep 30, 2005
    10
    As close to perfect a debut I've ever heard.
  29. NickK
    Sep 30, 2005
    9
    It's obvious by my numeric rating that I think this album is a great piece of work. Further, for those of you who just die for comparisons and categorization, Apologies sounds like a solid cross between Beck's mid-career work and The Arcade Fire. It's exteremely fitting that this band and the Fire are touring together, thereby providing audiences with a consistent, and It's obvious by my numeric rating that I think this album is a great piece of work. Further, for those of you who just die for comparisons and categorization, Apologies sounds like a solid cross between Beck's mid-career work and The Arcade Fire. It's exteremely fitting that this band and the Fire are touring together, thereby providing audiences with a consistent, and building, concert experience. There's definitely something in the water in Montreal. Now, let's just hope The Stills can evolve just as well....… Expand
  30. o
    Jun 14, 2006
    10
    Not 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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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    80
    Wolf Parade do what they do better than anyone in recent memory.
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  2. Pitchfork
    92
    On paper this all could sound average, but Wolf Parade's true talent is transforming the everyday into the unprecedented.
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  3. Stylus Magazine
    100
    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.
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