- rock
- 45 min
- 12 tracks
- Talitres
Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers is the second studio album by indie rock band the National. It was released in 2003 on Brassland Records. This is the first album on which the band worked with Peter Katis, who would produce the band's next albums Alligator and Boxer.
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Character-led, spare, grave and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 78/100
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Alternative Press4/5
- Drowned in Sound9/10
- Pitchfork8.4/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Cardinal Song6:18
- 2Slipping Husband3:23
- 390-Mile Water Wall3:44
- 4It Never Happened4:37
- 5Murder Me Rachael3:46
- 6Thirsty3:48
- 7Available3:20
- 8Sugar Wife2:22
- 9Trophy Wife3:33
- 10Fashion Coat2:03
- 11Patterns of Fairytales3:44
- 12Lucky You4:22
12 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The National
- Label
- Talitres
- Released
- 2003-05
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- FR
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