Setting the Paces

Setting the Paces was the third full-length album by indie rock band BOAT, released in 2009.

Setting the Paces
Studio album by BOAT
Released	October 27, 2009
Genre	Indie Rock
Length	38:14
Label	Magic Marker Records
BOAT chronology
Let's Drag Our Feet (2007) Setting the Paces (2009) Dress Like Your Idols (2011)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10) [2]

Setting the Paces received largely positive reviews from critics. Allmusic's Tim Sendra describes the album as having "debts owed to Pavement, Television Personalities, and the Banana Splits, and with a bouncy energy that makes the album very easy to like."[3] Pitchfork Media's David Bevan claims the songs give "way to a full-blast power chord workout and on to a chuggable chorus... At the center of it all is one gooey, delicious hook... Every song is irrepressible in its own right."[4]

Track listing

1. "Friends Since 1989" – 2:31
2. "Lately... (I've Been on My Back)" – 3:11
3. "Tough Talking the Tulips" – 2:36
4. "Interstate 5" – 1:53
5. "100 Calorie Man" – 2:02
6. "We Want It! We Want It!" – 3:25
7. "The Name Tossers" – 3:55
8. "Jeff Fell Dream" – 1:41
9. "Prince of Tacoma" – 2:43
10. "God Save the Man, Who Isn't All That Super" – 3:04
11. "(Do the) Magic Centipede" – 2:07
12. "Calcium Commuter" – 2:49
13. "Reverie" – 2:34
14. "You're Muscular" – 3:43

"Setting The Paces" Release Party. Neumos, Seattle, WA (10/22/09).

Personnel

• D. Crane, vocals and guitar
• M. McKenzie, bass and guitar
• J. Goodman, multi-instrumentalist, percussion
• J. Long, drums, producer [5]
• M. McKenzie, bass, guitar, vocals, bells
• R. Cancro, saxophone, vocals [6]

Recording

• Jackson Justice Long, producer, recording, mixing (5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14)
• Cam Nicklaus, mixing, recording
• John McCaig, mastering

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/setting-the-paces-r1656327/review
2. "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: BOAT: Setting the Paces". Pitchforkmedia.com. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/setting-the-paces-r1656327/review
4. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13816-setting-the-paces/
5. https://www.allmusic.com/album/setting-the-paces-mw0001781019/credits
6. https://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/the-funnest-band-in-the-universeboat/Content?oid=1807465