Control (Pedro the Lion album)

Control
Studio album by Pedro the Lion
Released April 16, 2002
Recorded 2001
Genre Indie rock
Length 40:18
Label Jade Tree (JT1072)
Producer David Bazan
Pedro the Lion chronology
Progress
(2000)
Control
(2002)
Achilles Heel
(2004)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Pitchfork Media(7.2/10) [3]
Rolling Stone(favorable) [4]

Control is the third full-length album by Pedro the Lion. It was released on April 16, 2002 on Jade Tree Records. It is a concept album about a business man who is having an affair on his wife, who kills him. It covers such subject matter as infidelity, parenthood, greed, vengeance, and fear of death.

Track listing

All songs by Bazan except "Penetration" and "Second Best", which were co-written with Casey Foubert.

  1. "Options" – 3:56
  2. "Rapture" – 3:26
  3. "Penetration" – 3:55
  4. "Indian Summer" – 3:21
  5. "Progress" – 4:09
  6. "Magazine" – 4:01
  7. "Rehearsal" – 3:48
  8. "Second Best" – 6:00
  9. "Priests And Paramedics" – 4:35
  10. "Rejoice" – 3:11

Personnel

References

  1. "Control by Pedro The Lion". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. Bregman, Adam. Control at AllMusic
  3. Pitchfork Media review
  4. Rolling Stone review
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