2007 Polaris Music Prize
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The 2007 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 24, 2007, at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto.{{Cite news |title=Watson wins Polaris Music Prize |url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=5e281ce0-2b9f-42fe-b12c-d21a7fc2cea6 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=September 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109115320/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=5e281ce0-2b9f-42fe-b12c-d21a7fc2cea6 |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |accessdate=November 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
The winning album was Patrick Watson's Close to Paradise.
According to CBC News, "finalists were drawn from submissions by more than 170 music journalists, reviewers and broadcasters across Canada."{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/arcade-fire-feist-on-polaris-short-list-1.636638?ref=rss|title=Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list |access-date=July 10, 2007 | publisher=CBC News | date=July 10, 2007}}
Nominees
The prize's 10-album shortlist was announced on July 10.{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2007/07/10/4328574-cp.html |title=Feist, Fire get Polaris noms |accessdate=July 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071011225300/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2007/07/10/4328574-cp.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy }}{{cite news|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/43988/arcade-fire-feist-and-the-dears-among-polaris-nominees |title=Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees |last=Love |first=Noah |date=July 10, 2007 |work=Chart |accessdate=November 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221221217/http://www.chartattack.com/news/43988/arcade-fire-feist-and-the-dears-among-polaris-nominees |archive-date=December 21, 2008 |url-status=usurped }}
- {{blue ribbon}} Patrick Watson, Close to Paradise
- Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
- The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
- The Dears, Gang of Losers
- Julie Doiron, Woke Myself Up
- Feist, The Reminder
- Junior Boys, So This Is Goodbye
- Miracle Fortress, Five Roses
- Joel Plaskett Emergency, Ashtray Rock
- Chad VanGaalen, Skelliconnection
Album
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As in 2006, a compilation album was released to promote the nominees. The album did not, however, include a track by Arcade Fire—although media initially reported that the Polaris committee had snubbed the band by excluding them, the committee and the band issued a joint press release confirming that the band chose not to have a track included on the album as they prefer not to participate in compilation albums.{{cite web|url=http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/bband/content/polaris/home/Polaris_Arcade_Firejoint_statement.pdf |title=Joint Statement by Arcade Fire and the Polaris Music Prize |accessdate=September 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228221026/http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/bband/content/polaris/home/Polaris_Arcade_Firejoint_statement.pdf |archive-date=February 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}
=Track listing=
- "Devastation" (The Besnard Lakes)
- "Hate Then Love" (The Dears)
- "No More" (Julie Doiron)
- "Sealion" (Feist)
- "In the Morning" (Junior Boys)
- "Have You Seen in Your Dreams" (Miracle Fortress)
- "Fashionable People" (Joel Plaskett Emergency)
- "Sing Me 2 Sleep" (Chad VanGaalen)
- "Drifters" (Patrick Watson)
References
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