The Con
Release Date:
July 24, 2007
Description:
This is their fifth album. It was produced by themselves with Chris Walla. It was recorded at the Alberta Court and Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Oregon. Some elements of songs were recorded at their houses.
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For the ten year anniversary of the album in 2017, they released The Con X: Covers.
Track list:
Gallery:
Music Videos:
Trivia:
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In 2007, they released The Con Demos, which included the original demos of all 14 songs.
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In 2017, they released The Con X: Covers which included a demo for the song Miami Still.
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The book used for the album cover was Sorry You've Been Troubled by Peter Cheyney.
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"The album title inspired everything about the artwork. To make the cover, we took a very old golden coloured book, cut a hole out of the centre, and in the place where you might commonly find a pistol, or a chisel, or some other desperate tool, filled it with dirt. A thing that could be useful in two ways - to grow something in it, or to bury ourselves with it." - Tegan and Sara
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The song Give Chase was created as a demo for this album. The original demo has never been released, but they have played this song live.
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In 2007, they also released the I'll Take The Blame EP which included the songs One Second and I Take All The Blame.
Booklet:
THE COn: THe Movie
This is a documentary of the making of the album and is also often called The Con DVD. It includes a video chapter for each song. Some CDs of The Con included the movie, and those that do are identifiable by the Parental Advisory logo. The movie is also available on iTunes, and some of the chapters are available on YouTube below.