The Gay Parade

Of Montreal's warm and fuzzy cast of characters expanded beyond its means on The Gay Parade, one of indie pop's most colourful and unabashed outings, full of idiosyncratic narratives and squeaky instrumentation that would delight even the coldest cynic. Only Kevin Barnes could have made this record of classic backwards-marching baroque pop.

Tracklist

1. Old Familiar Way
2. Fun Loving Nun
3. Tulip Baroo
4. Jaques Lamure
5. The March of the Gay Parade
6. Neat Little Domestic Life
7. A Collection of Poems About Water
8. Y the Quale and Vaguely Bird Noisily Enjoying Their Forbidden Tryst/I'd Be a Yellow Feathered Loon
9. The Autobiographical Grandpa
10. The Miniature Philosopher
11. My Friend Will Be Me
12. My Favourite Boxer
13. Advice from a Divorced Gentlemen to His Bachelor Friend Considering Marriage
14. A Man's Life Flashing Before His Eyes While He and His Wife Drive Off a Cliff Into the Ocean
15. Nickee Coco and the Invisible Tree
16. The Gay Parade Outro