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Parades is the second full-length album by the Danish group Efterklang. It marks the first time that the band work with an outside influence;[9] after eighteen months of recording, the band drafted in British producer/engineer Darren Allison (Spiritualized, The Divine Comedy) to create the final mixes together with Efterklang's own Mads Brauer.[10]

Parades
Studio album by Efterklang
Released	October 15, 2007
Genre	Post-rock, dream pop, neoclassical dark wave
Length	48:59
Label	The Leaf Label / Rumraket
Efterklang chronology
Under Giant Trees (2007) Parades (2007) Magic Chairs (2010)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	10/10[2]
Mojo	[1]
musicOMH	[3]
NME	7/10[4]
Pitchfork Media	7.4/10[5]
PopMatters	[6]
Q	[1]
The Skinny	[7]
Stylus Magazine	A−[8]
Uncut	[1]

In 2015, Parades was reissued on double vinyl by The Leaf Label as part of the label's 20th anniversary, after the album was selected in a public poll.[11] This limited edition release has been made available to fans via the PledgeMusic service before it will be in stores in early 2015.[12]

Track listing

1. "Polygyne"– 6:58
2. "Mirador" – 5:08
3. "Him Poe Poe" – 2:21
4. "Horseback Tenors" – 5:48
5. "Mimeo" – 1:22
6. "Frida Found a Friend" - 5:18
7. "Maison de Réflexion" - 5:33
8. "Blowing Lungs Like Bubbles" - 2:46
9. "Caravan" - 4:59
10. "Illuminant" - 4:33
11. "Cutting Ice to Snow" - 4:13

Credits

• Produced by Efterklang.
• Mixed by Darren Allison and Mads Brauer.
• Artwork by Hvass&Hannibal.

References

External links

• An archive of music press reviews for Parades at the official Darren Allison website.

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