The Tyranny of Distance | ||||
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Studio album by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | ||||
Released | June 19, 2001 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 48:51 | |||
Label | Lookout! | |||
Producer | Brendan Canty | |||
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Pitchfork Media | 8.5/10 |
The Tyranny of Distance is the second album by American rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, released in 2001 by Lookout! Records. It was the group's first album as a full band, as their previous album tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists had been a solo effort by singer/guitarist Ted Leo. The album's title comes from a lyric in the Split Enz song "Six Months in a Leaky Boat", which the band later covered twice: first as a Leo solo on the EP Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead in 2003, and again as a full band on 2005's Sharkbite Sessions.
Online music magazine Pitchfork Media placed The Tyranny of Distance at number 120 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.