09/26/2025
They gave us Live Forever, then came Dream Destroyer and No Damn Fears. Now, Sloan share the whole kit and kaboodle. Based on the Best Seller, the band’s 14th full length album, is officially yours. Enjoy 😘!
“It’s not a challenge to make a 14th album,” Jay Ferguson says, “But sometimes it’s a challenge to think of a new overarching theme for a 14th album (and The Kinks’ 14th album was Soap Opera, essentially a TV play and complete story arc set to music, so clearly Ray Davies didn’t have that problem). Our band has the capability to perform different styles within the rock/pop (or pop/rock) sphere, but it’s often hard to harness the group to adhere to one particular style or theme. That’s okay though. With four songwriters, we tend to make music that perhaps doesn’t always naturally hang together under one (opened) umbrella but that’s our style, and that style is continued on Based on the Best Seller. Nevertheless, whether it’s Chris harmonising on my songs, Patrick harmonising on Chris’ songs or Chris and our keyboardist Gregory vocally backing-up Andrew, I think those elements help tie together this (and previous) Sloan albums.”
Tracklist
Capitol Cooler
Dream Destroyer
Open Your Umbrellas
Baxter
Congratulations
Live Forever
So Far Down
Fortune Teller
No Damn Fears
Collect Yourself
Here We Go Again
I Already Know