The Gap (Joan of Arc album) explained

The Gap
Type:	Album
Artist:	Joan of Arc
Cover:	The Gap (Joan of Arc album).jpg
Released:	October 3, 2000
Recorded:	Oct 1999 – Jun 2000
Genre:	Indie rock
Length:	42:33
Label:	Jade Tree
Producer:	Casey Rice
Prev Title:	Live in Chicago, 1999
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	How Can Any Thing So Little Be Any More? EP
Next Year:	2001

The Gap is the fourth full-length album by Joan of Arc.^{[1] [2]} It released in 2000 on Jade Tree Records.

Production

The album was made almost entirely using ProTools.^[3]

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote: "With each album, the band pushes their craftsmanship for the obscure even further, and The Gap is a prime result of this."^[4] The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a frustrating, daring and sometimes unlistenable entry in the band's canon."^[5] PopMatters wrote that it "may be one of the most unlistenable albums in existence."^[6]

Track listing

1. (You) [I] Can Not See (You) [Me] As (I) [You] Can - 3:19
2. As Black Pants Make Cat Hairs Appear - 7:48
3. Knife Fights Every Night - 5:07
4. John Cassavetes, Assata Shakur, And Guy Debord Walk Into A Bar... - 0:54
5. Another Brick At The Gap (Part 2) - 2:57
6. Zelda - 1:56
7. "Pleasure Isn't Simple" - 3:18
8. Me And America (Or) The United Colors Of The Gap - 5:18
9. Your Impersonation This Morning Of Me Last Night - 9:11
10. Outside The Gap - 2:45

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joan of Arc | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Reviews. CMJ New Music Monthly. January 31, 2001. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
3. Web site: Joan Of Arc: For These Chicago Avant-Rock Vets, It's Mind Over Martyr. September 30, 2006.
4. Web site: Joan Of Arc The Gap. exclaim.ca.
5. Web site: Joan of Arc burns with fire sparked by personal loss. Andy. Downing. chicagotribune.com. 25 August 2006 .
6. Web site: Joan of Arc: So Much Staying Alive & Lovelessness. April 3, 2003.