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The third album from Vancouver pop maestros The New Pornographers - 2005's Twin Cinema - continued to feature Neko Case and Dan Bejar (Destroyer) as well as new vocalists Kathryn Calder and Nora OConnor. Fans of debut Mass Romantics kinkiness will find immediate appeal, as will those partial to the drive of sophomore effort Electric Version.Yet the songs on Twin Cinema veer more toward the rocking and the personal than the sugar of the earlier work. Chief singer/songwriter A.C. Newman has absorbed not just the mechanics of classic songwriting - but the heart, while indulging his admiration of demented current bands like Fiery Furnaces and Frog Eyes.Expect to hear influences from the Moody Blues, Tubeway Army, Wings, Eno, the Stranglers, 10cc and other greats, all filtered through Newmans warped worldview. Twin Cinemaserved as a more mature outing than its predecessors, but still remains an enormously fun record through and through.1. Twin Cinema2. The Bones Of An Idol3. Use It4. The Bleeding Heart Show5. Jackie, Dressed In Cobras6. The Jessica Numbers7. These Are The Fables8. Sing Me Spanish Techno9. Falling Through Your Clothes10. Broken Breads11. Three Or Four12. Star Bodies13. Streets Of Fire14. Stacked Crooked