Parallel Play
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{{Infobox album
| name = Parallel Play
| type = studio
| artist = Sloan
| cover = Sloan_parallel.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 10, 2008
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 37:17
| label = murderecords, Yep Roc Records
| producer = Nick Detoro, Sloan
| prev_title = Never Hear the End of It
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Hit & Run (EP)
| next_year = 2009
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000788512|pure_url=yes}}]
|rev2 = Pitchfork Media
|rev2score = (7.6/10){{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11612-parallel-play/|title = Sloan: Parallel Play|website = Pitchfork}}
|rev3 = Spin
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/sloan-parallel-play-yep-roc|title = Sloan, 'Parallel Play' (Yep Roc)|date = 15 June 2008}}
|rev4 = CHARTattack
|rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/2008/06/10/sloan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305071857/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2008/06/10/sloan/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 5, 2016|title=Sloan — Parallel Play|magazine=Chart|accessdate=2011-03-26 }}
|rev5 = Entertainment Weekly
}}
Parallel Play is the ninth studio album by Canadian rock band Sloan. At the time of its release, it was the band's shortest studio album. The first single released from the album was "Believe in Me", with "I'm Not a Kid Anymore" also being released as a single. A music video was also produced for the song "Witch's Wand". The song "The Other Side" was featured on the popular American television series, Castle. The album was nominated for "Rock Album of the Year" at the 2009 Juno Awards.{{cite web|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=2009&to-year=2009&nomination-category=rock-album-of-the-year&wins-only=no&artist=|title=Awards|publisher=junoawards.ca|accessdate=June 19, 2016}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| total_length = 37:17
| all_writing = Sloan
| title1 = Believe in Me
| extra1 = Patrick Pentland
| length1 = 3:17
| title2 = Cheap Champagne
| extra2 = Jay Ferguson
| length2 = 2:46
| title3 = All I Am Is All You're Not
| extra3 = Chris Murphy
| length3 = 3:03
| title4 = Emergency 911
| extra4 = Andrew Scott
| length4 = 1:50
| title5 = Burn for It
| extra5 = Patrick Pentland
| length5 = 2:38
| title6 = Witch's Wand
| extra6 = Jay Ferguson
| length6 = 2:50
| title7 = The Dogs
| extra7 = Andrew Scott
| length7 = 3:54
| title8 = Living the Dream
| extra8 = Chris Murphy
| length8 = 2:52
| title9 = The Other Side
| extra9 = Patrick Pentland
| length9 = 2:53
| title10 = Down in the Basement
| extra10 = Andrew Scott
| length10 = 2:58
| title11 = If I Could Change Your Mind
| extra11 = Jay Ferguson
| length11 = 2:07
| title12 = I'm Not a Kid Anymore
| extra12 = Chris Murphy
| length12 = 2:26
| title13 = Too Many
| extra13 = Andrew Scott
| length13 = 3:43
}}
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