The Gay Parade
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ReleasedFebruary 16, 1999
RecordedSeptember 1997 – October 1998
Length44:35
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| Released | February 16, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | September 1997 – October 1998 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop, baroque pop, psychedelic pop | |||
| Length | 44:35 | |||
| Label | Bar/None | |||
| Producer | Kevin Barnes | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| PopMatters | (very favorable) link |
| Sputnikmusic | (4.5/5) link |
| Ultimate-Guitar | (10/10) link |
The Gay Parade is a 1999 concept album by the band of Montreal and was their third full-length release. Allmusic's reviewer Jason Ankeny designated the album "indie pop's very own Sgt. Pepper".[1] Of Montreal's drummer and bassist Derek Almstead contemporaneously described it as a collection of character studies, comparable to the Kinks' 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.[2]
It has the first album cover designed by lead vocalist Kevin Barnes' brother David, who has since designed the artwork for nearly every subsequent of Montreal album.
