The National "BOXER" Vinyl Album Special Release(Grey) + 7" Bonus Rare SEALED
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No one talks enough about what a perfect title Boxer is for this album: a sport where you spar one opponent, the mirror of your own actions. A sport where half the battle is fighting yourself, and demands that you scrupulously analyze every move. A sport trading on the hope that you will always stay vigilant against failure, that no one will ever land the blow that knocks you into an elegant fall back into an unmagnificent life.
Boxer is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band The National, released on May 22, 2007 on Beggars Banquet Records. Produced by both Peter Katis and the band itself, the album has sold nearly 430,000 copies in the U.S.[1] Following its release, the album debuted at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 9,500 copies in its first week.[2] A documentary film, titled A Skin, A Night, was released the following year. Focusing on the recording process of Boxer, the film was directed by independent filmmaker Vincent Moon, and released in conjunction with a collection of b-sides, demos and live recordings, titled The Virginia EP, on May 20, 2008.
Boxer received widespread acclaim from music critics.[5] In the year-end issue of Paste the album was named the best record of 2007. "Mistaken for Strangers" was number 92 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Best Songs of 2007".[16] Popular internet publication Pitchfork ranked the album number 17 in their annual end-of-the-year "Top 50 Albums of 2007" list,[17] as well as on Stylus Magazine's "Top 50 Albums of 2007" list at number 5.[18] Stylus also ranked "Fake Empire" at number 7 on their "Top 50 Songs of 2007" list.[19] Boxer also garnered the top position on WOXY.com's "97 Best of 2007".[20]
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