Navy Blues (album)

Navy Blues is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Sloan. Released on Murderecords in 1998, the album is slightly heavier than their two previous albums, showing an influence from 1970s rock mixed with their usual catchy, melodic, Beatles-esque sound. The album contains arguably their most popular song, "Money City Maniacs," which went on to be used in a beer commercial at the time. The song also became a top 10 hit in the band's native Canada and received heavy radio airplay. Navy Blues was certified Gold in Canada on June 12, 1998. By October 1998, the album had sold more than 70,000 copies. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 1999 Juno Awards.[3]

Navy Blues
Studio album by
Sloan
ReleasedApril 28, 1998
RecordedNovember 1997 - January 1998
GenreRock, indie rock
Length46:27
Labelmurderecords
ProducerDaryl Smith, Sloan
Sloan chronology
Recorded Live at a Sloan Party
(1997)		 Navy Blues
(1998)		 4 Nights at the Palais Royale
(1999)
Singles from Navy Blues
  1. "Money City Maniacs"
    Released: 1998
  2. "She Says What She Means"
    Released: 1998
  3. "Keep on Thinkin’"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork6.3/10[2]

Track listing

All songs credited to Sloan.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She Says What She Means"Chris Murphy3:01
2."C'mon C'mon (We're Gonna Get It Started)"Jay Ferguson3:30
3."Iggy and Angus"Patrick Pentland2:49
4."Sinking Ships"Andrew Scott4:57
5."Keep on Thinkin'"Chris Murphy2:32
6."Money City Maniacs"Patrick Pentland/Chris Murphy3:53
7."Seems So Heavy"Andrew Scott4:08
8."Chester the Molester"Chris Murphy3:14
9."Stand By Me, Yeah"Patrick Pentland3:19
10."Suppose They Close the Door"Chris Murphy/Andrew Scott3:45
11."On the Horizon"Andrew Scott4:06
12."I Wanna Thank You"Jay Ferguson3:58
13."I'm Not Through With You Yet"Patrick Pentland3:15

Japanese Bonus Tracks

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Out to Lunch"Patrick Pentland3:37
15."Work Cut Out"Chris Murphy2:42

B-sides

  • "Keep on Thinkin' (acoustic)" ("She Says What She Means" promo)

Trivia
  • "She Says What She Means" was the last song recorded for the album. Chris Murphy wanted to make a hard rock song because he was jealous of Patrick Pentland's rock songs "Money City Maniacs" and "Iggy and Angus".[4]
  • Murphy took the title of his song "Chester the Molester" from a name of a character in a Hustler magazine that his cousins used to call him. Murphy was reminded of the name by Mark Gaudet, the drummer from the Canadian band Elevator To Hell.[4]
  • The lyrics for "I'm Not Through With You Yet" were the original lyrics for "Worried Now" from Sloan's 1994 album, Twice Removed. Pentland originally titled the song with the words "Cotton Picking" because of its supposed "Southern feel", but changed it out of fear that it might be taken as racist.[4]

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Pitchfork review
  3. "Awards". junoawards.ca. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  4. "Sloan's Navy Blues Album Explained Track-By-Track (via Archive.org)". Chart. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
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