The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse (sometimes referred to as ...Are the Dark Horse) is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band the Besnard Lakes, released in 2007 (see 2007 in music). The album was The Besnard Lakes' first release on Jagjaguwar and was self-produced by bandleaders Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas. It was nominated for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize.
Track listing All songs written by Olga Goreas, Jace Lasek, except (1, 5, 6) by Goreas, Lasek, and Nicole Lizée.
Personnel The Besnard Lakes Olga Goreas – vocals , bass , glockenspiel , synthesizer , organ , drums Jace Lasek – vocals , guitars , bass , drums , organ , synthesizer , piano , tambourine , Rhodes electric piano , lap steel guitar Kevin Laing – drums Nicole Lizée – all string, horn, flute and saxophone arrangements , Rhodes , synthesizer , bass , string arrangement , piano Steve Raegele – guitars , vocals Richard White – guitars (not on album)
Additional musicians Heather Schnarr – violin Sophie Trudeau – violin Chris Seligman – French horn Billy Boufford – flute , soprano saxophone Jonathan Cummins – guitar Jerimiah Bullied – guitar Eric LaRock – bass George Donoso III – drums Jean-Paul Terron – drums The Fifth String Liberation Singers Choir (Catherine McCandless, Corri-Lynn Tetz, Elizabeth Powell, Susan Beckett, Olga Goreas) – vocals
Production Jace Lasek – producer, recording engineer, mixing Olga Goreas – producer David William Smith – recording engineer John Golden – mastering Corri-Lynn Tetz – cover painting Todd Stewart – illustration, design assistance Daniel Murphy – design assistance
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