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"Boxer" album lyrics

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The National - Fake Empire
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The National - Mistaken For Strangers
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The National - Brainy
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The National - Squalor Victoria
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The National - Green Gloves
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The National - Slow Show
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The National - Apartment Story
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The National - Start A War
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The National - Guest Room
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The National - Racing Like A Pro
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The National - Ada
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The National - Gospel
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album info:
Verified yes
Discs1
GenreRock, Indie
Rank
Released2007-05-22
Record labelBeggars Banquet, High Note Records
Charts
AddedJuly 3rd, 2008
Last updatedMay 28th, 2013
AboutBoxer is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band The National, released on May 22, 2007 on Beggars Banquet Records. Produced by both Peter Katis and the band itself, the album has sold over 300,000 copies in the U.S. Following its release, the album debuted at #68 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 9,500 copies in its first week.

A documentary film, titled A Skin, A Night, was released the following year. Focusing on the recording process of Boxer, the film was directed by independent filmmaker Vincent Moon, and released in conjunction with a collection of B-sides, demos and live recordings, titled The Virginia EP, on May 20, 2008.

The band recorded Boxer with producer Peter Katis, with vocalist Matt Berninger stating, "We recorded a lot of it at home. Probably half and half of home recording and recording with Peter in the studio. We always kind of work that way, going in and out of studios and then back home. We have little home set-ups. He has been a big part of the band for awhile, [sic] at least in the recording of the records. He kind of jumps in as a seventh member."

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens appears on the tracks, "Racing Like a Pro" and "Ada". Regarding his recording contributions, Berninger noted, "Bryce has played a lot with [Sufjan's] touring band, so Bryce knows him really well. And [Sufjan] lives in the same neighborhood that Bryce and Aaron live in. They just called him and he came over for a day. It was a one-day collaboration. Him, Bryce and Aaron hang out a lot and make little songs together, so it was really a kind of casual type of collaboration."

The track, "Slow Show", contains lyrics from the band's song, "29 Years," which previously appeared on their self-titled debut album.

Artwork

The album cover is a photo of the band performing the track "The Geese of Beverly Road," from the band's previous album, Alligator (2005), at producer Peter Katis's wedding.

The album has had pop-cultural reach, with lyrics from "Racing Like A Pro" having been excerpted in the novel Imperial Bedrooms by American author Bret Easton Ellis.

In the year-end issue of Paste the album was named the best record of 2007. "Mistaken for Strangers" was #92 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Best Songs of 2007." Popular internet publication Pitchfork Media ranked the album #17 in their annual end-of-the-year "Top 50 Albums of 2007" list, as well as on Stylus Magazine's "Top 50 Albums of 2007" list at #5. Stylus also ranked "Fake Empire" at #7 on their "Top 50 Songs of 2007" list. Boxer also garnered the #1 position on WOXY.com's "97 Best of 2007.".

Boxer has made numerous "albums of the decade" lists including Pitchfork Media, Aquarium Drunkard, Paste, The Pop Cop, and more.

Album Credits

Matt Berninger - lead vocals
Aaron Dessner - guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, piano, percussion
Bryce Dessner - guitar, piano
Scott Devendorf - bass, backing vocals
Bryan Devendorf - drums, percussion

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