Without Feathers (album)

Without Feathers
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Studio album by The Stills
Released	May 9, 2006
Recorded	2005–2006
Genre	Indie rock
Length	43:36 (US) 46:25 (UK)
Label	Vice Drowned in Sound (UK)
Producer	Gus van Go
The Stills chronology
Logic Will Break Your Heart (2003)Logic Will Break Your Heart2003 Without Feathers (2006) Oceans Will Rise (2008)Oceans Will Rise2008

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
NME	(8/10)
Pitchfork Media	(6.7/10)
Prefix Magazine
Rocklouder
Rolling Stone

Without Feathers is the second album by Montreal band The Stills. The record was released May 9, 2006. According to Billboard magazine, Emily Haines from fellow indie band Metric appears on "Baby Blues," while Jason Collett of Broken Social Scene and Sam Roberts are featured on the track "Oh Shoplifter." The album debuted at #6 on the Top Heatseekers chart, but failed to hit the Billboard 200. In Canada, the album did not fare well on the charts. It premiered at #51 before moving out of the top 100 the following week. The album was later released in the UK in 2007 under the label Drowned in Sound, featuring two new tracks.

The album is a big change in sound for the band, relying less on new-wave/post-punk and more on rootsy 1970s-esque MOR rock.

Tracklisting

US/Canada edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In the Beginning"	Hamelin	5:45
2.	"The Mountain"	Hamelin, O'Neil	3:57
3.	"She's Walking Out"	Hamelin, O'Neil	3:09
4.	"Helicopters"	Fletcher	4:26
5.	"In the End"	Hamelin, O'Neil	3:45
6.	"Oh Shoplifter"	Hamelin	3:23
7.	"Interlude"	Fletcher, O'Neil	1:08
8.	"Halo the Harpoons"	Corbeil, Fletcher	3:44
9.	"It Takes Time"	Hamelin	4:11
10.	"Destroyer"	Hamelin	3:11
11.	"Baby Blues"	Hamelin	3:32
12.	"The House We Live In"	Hamelin, O'Neil	3:25

UK edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In the Beginning"	Hamelin	5:44
2.	"Destroyer"	Hamelin	3:11
3.	"Helicopters"	Fletcher	4:23
4.	"The House We Live In"	Hamelin, O'Neil	3:26
5.	"It Takes Time"	Hamelin	4:11
6.	"Monsoon"	Fletcher, Hamelin	3:38
7.	"She's Walking Out"	Hamelin, O'Neil	3:11
8.	"Oh Shoplifter"	Hamelin	3:22
9.	"Outro"	Fletcher, O'Neil	1:10
10.	"Halo the Harpoons"	Corbeil, Fletcher	3:42
11.	"Baby Blues"	Hamelin	3:34
12.	"Retour à Vega"	Faucon, Fletcher, Hamelin, Trenton	2:57
13.	"The Mountain"	Hamelin, O'Neil	3:56

Personnel

The Stills

• Olivier Corbeil — bass guitar, cowbell
• Tim Fletcher — vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Dave Hamelin — vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, percussion, additional recording, mixing
• Liam O'Neil — piano, organs, keyboards, saxophone, tambourine, vocals, additional recording

Additional musicians

• Melissa Auf der Maur — handclaps on "Oh Shoplifter"
• Colin Brooks — drums
• "Chip" — trumpet on "Destroyer" and "It Takes Time"
• Evan Cranley — trombone on "Destroyer" and "It Takes Time"
• Kevin Drew — vocals on "She's Walking Out"
• Eric Fares — acoustic guitar on "Oh Shoplifter"
• Emily Haines — vocals on "Baby Blues"
• Mikey Heppner — handclaps on "Oh Shoplifter"
• Neil Johnson — saxophone on "Destroyer" and "It Takes Time"
• Alfie Jurvanen — lead guitar on "In the Beginning" and "She's Walking Out"
• Meghynn Norman — handclaps on "Oh Shoplifter"
• Vincenzo Nudo — percussion on "Oh Shoplifter"
• Elizabeth Powell — vocals on "Monsoon"
• Sam Roberts — acoustic guitar on "Oh Shoplifter"
• Felix Trenton — guitar on "Oh Shoplifter"

Production

• Adam "Bix" Berger — management, vocals on "In the Beginning" and "Destroyer", handclaps on "Oh Shoplifter"
• Werner F. — mixing
• Ryan Morey — mastering
• Cristophe Rihet — photography
• Mathieu Roberge — assistant engineer, handclaps on "Oh Shoplifter"
• Rod Shearer — recording
• Gus van Go — production, recording, mixing, backing vocals, percussion on "Destroyer", cowbell on "Helicopters", guitar on "The House We Live In", tambourine on "She's Walking Out", handclaps on "Oh Shoplifter"
• Patrick Watson — additional recording