Wooden Arms

{{Infobox album

| name = Wooden Arms

| type = studio

| artist = Patrick Watson

| cover = WatsonCover FINAL.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2009|04|28}}

| recorded = 2008

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Dream pop, psychedelic folk

| length = {{Duration|m=45|s=12}}

| label = Secret City

| producer = Patrick Watson

| prev_title = Close to Paradise

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Adventures in Your Own Backyard

| next_year = 2012

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Bande à part

| rev1Score = (8.6/10) [http://www.bandeapart.fm/critiques/Entree.aspx?id=58445 Bande à part Review]

| rev2 = NME

| rev2Score = (9/10) [https://www.nme.com/reviews/patrick-watson/10428 NME Review]

| rev3 = Pitchfork Media

| rev3score = (3.3/10) [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13027-wooden-arms/ Pitchfork Media Review]

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{cite web |title=Patrick Watson: Wooden Arms |date=2009-05-07 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131144503/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/07/patrick-watson-wooden-arms |archive-date=2023-01-31 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/07/patrick-watson-wooden-arms}}

| rev5 = Wunderkammer

| rev5score = (Mixed) [http://www.wunderkammermag.com/20090513/bill-orton-canadian-exports Wunderkammer Review]

}}

Wooden Arms is the third album by Patrick Watson, released April 28, 2009 on Secret City Records.[http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=130&csid2=844&fid1=36868 "Patrick Watson Announces New Album"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130115115041/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=130&csid2=844&fid1=36868 |date=2013-01-15 }}, Exclaim!, February 26, 2008. The album's first single, "Tracy's Waters", was released on March 5 and the group performed a new song, "Beijing", on CBC Radio's Q radio show on April 6. "Fireweed" was also released as a single and a music video was filmed, which features both live action and animation.

The album was nominated for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize, an award that Watson won in 2007 with the sophomore release, Close to Paradise.{{Cite web |title=Fucked Up Win Polaris Prize |url=http://www.clickmusic.com/news/article/fucked-up-win-polaris-prize |publisher=Clickmusic |date=2009-09-23 |accessdate=2010-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312043151/http://www.clickmusic.com/news/article/fucked-up-win-polaris-prize |archive-date=2012-03-12 |url-status=dead }}

The song "Big Bird in a Small Cage" was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week for August 25, 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mark-heringer.com/2009/08/starbucks-itunes-pick-of-week-patrick.html|title=Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week - Patrick Watson - Big Bird In A Small Cage|website=www.mark-heringer.com|access-date=2017-07-31}}

The song "Beijing" was inspired by the movie Being John Malkovich, and the idea of finding oneself in someone else's life in Beijing.[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18236 Beijing Songfacts]

The song "Summer Sleeps" (an iTunes and Vinyl bonus track) was used in the TV Show "Continuum" Season 1, episode 9.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tunefind.com/show/continuum/season-1/11771|title=Music from Continuum S1E09|website=Tunefind|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-31}}