The Gay Parade

For gay pride parades, see Pride parade.

The Gay Parade is a 1999 concept album by the band of Montreal and was their third full-length release. Allmusic's reviewer Jason Ankeny designated the album "indie pop's very own Sgt. Pepper".^[1] Of Montreal's drummer and bassist Derek Almstead contemporaneously described it as a collection of character studies, comparable to the Kinks' 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.^[2]

The Gay Parade
Studio album by of Montreal
Released	February 16, 1999
Recorded	September 1997 – October 1998
Genre	Indie pop, baroque pop, psychedelic pop
Length	44:35
Label	Bar/None
Producer	Kevin Barnes
Of Montreal chronology
The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy (1998) ''The Gay Parade'' (1999) Horse & Elephant Eatery (No Elephants Allowed): The Singles and Songles Album (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
PopMatters	(very favorable) link
Sputnikmusic	(4.5/5) link
Ultimate-Guitar	(10/10) link

It has the first album cover designed by lead vocalist Kevin Barnes' brother David, who has since designed the artwork for nearly every subsequent of Montreal album.

Track listing

All songs by Kevin Barnes.

1. "Old Familiar Way" – 2:25
2. "Fun Loving Nun" – 2:17
3. "Tulip Baroo" – 2:10
4. "Jacques Lamure" – 2:31
5. "The March of the Gay Parade" – 2:55
6. "Neat Little Domestic Life" – 2:45
7. "A Collection of Poems About Water" – 3:57
8. "Y the Quale and Vaguely Bird Noisily Enjoying Their Forbidden Tryst/I'd Be a Yellow Feathered Loon" – 2:40
9. "The Autobiographical Grandpa" – 2:19
10. "The Miniature Philosopher" – 1:54
11. "My Friend Will Be Me" – 3:54
12. "My Favorite Boxer" – 3:01
13. "Advice from a Divorced Gentleman to His Bachelor Friend Considering Marriage" – 2:08
14. "A Man's Life Flashing Before His Eyes While He and His Wife Drive Off a Cliff into the Ocean" – 3:04
15. "Nickee Coco and the Invisible Tree" – 5:21
16. "The Gay Parade Outro" – 0:47