Sloan: Thirty Years of Democratic Pop

Chapter one: the Halifax explosion (1991–1994)

The explosion (see our Halifax feature): the Murderecords (see our features) launch (see our features), Smeared (1991) — the "Underwhelmed" (see our features) — Twice Removed (1994) — the cult (see our features) favorite (see our underrated feature), the "Coax Me" (see our features), the "People of the Sky" (see our features) — the critical (see our critics feature) darlings (see our features) crowned (see our features).

Chapter two: the imperial run (One Chord to Another, 1996; Navy Blues, 1998)

The run (see our features): One Chord to Another (see our features) — the "The Good in Everyone" (see our features) — Navy Blues (see our features) — the "Money City Maniacs" (see our features) — the platinum (see our chart features) Canadian (see our features) stardom (see our features), the democracy (see our features) working (see our features): four (see our features) voices (see our features), four (see our features) styles (see our features), one (see our features) band (see our features).

Chapter three: the thirty years

The thirty years (see our features): the never-breaking-up (see our reunion feature) band (see our features), the records (see our features) accumulating (see our features) — Between the Bridges (see our features), Parallel Play (see our features), The Double Cross (see our features), 12 (see our features) — the touring (see our live feature) continuing (see our features), the democracy (see our features) enduring (see our features). Sloan (see our features) proved (see our features) the (see our features) band (see our features) could (see our features) share (see our features) everything (see our features) — the (see our features) songs (see our features), the (see our features) spotlight (see our features), the (see our features) credit (see our features) — and (see our features) survive (see our features) three decades (see our features). The (see our features) democracy (see our features) works (see our features). The (see our features) pop (see our features) plays (see our features) on (see our features).