Setting the Paces
| Setting the Paces | ||||
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| Released | October 27, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Indie Rock | |||
| Length | 38:14 | |||
| Label | Magic Marker Records | |||
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Setting the Paces was the third full-length album by indie rock band BOAT, released in 2009.
Reception
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| Source | Rating | 
| Allmusic | |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.5/10) [2] | 
Setting the Paces received largely positive reviews from critics. Allmusic's Tim Sendra describes the album as having "debts owed to Pavement, Television Personalities, and the Banana Splits, and with a bouncy energy that makes the album very easy to like."[3] Pitchfork Media's David Bevan claims the songs give "way to a full-blast power chord workout and on to a chuggable chorus... At the center of it all is one gooey, delicious hook... Every song is irrepressible in its own right."[4]
Track listing
- "Friends Since 1989" – 2:31
 - "Lately... (I've Been on My Back)" – 3:11
 - "Tough Talking the Tulips" – 2:36
 - "Interstate 5" – 1:53
 - "100 Calorie Man" – 2:02
 - "We Want It! We Want It!" – 3:25
 - "The Name Tossers" – 3:55
 - "Jeff Fell Dream" – 1:41
 - "Prince of Tacoma" – 2:43
 - "God Save the Man, Who Isn't All That Super" – 3:04
 - "(Do the) Magic Centipede" – 2:07
 - "Calcium Commuter" – 2:49
 - "Reverie" – 2:34
 - "You're Muscular" – 3:43
 

Personnel
- D. Crane, vocals and guitar
 - M. McKenzie, bass and guitar
 - J. Goodman, multi-instrumentalist, percussion
 - J. Long, drums, producer [5]
 - M. McKenzie, bass, guitar, vocals, bells
 - R. Cancro, saxophone, vocals [6]
 
Recording
- Jackson Justice Long, producer, recording, mixing (5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14)
 - Cam Nicklaus, mixing, recording
 - John McCaig, mastering
 
References
- ^ "Setting the Paces - BOAT | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
 - ^ "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: BOAT: Setting the Paces". Pitchforkmedia.com. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
 - ^ "Setting the Paces - BOAT | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
 - ^ "BOAT: Setting the Paces". Pitchfork.
 - ^ "Setting the Paces - BOAT | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
 - ^ "The Funnest Band in the Universe".
 
