Guide Note

Boxer is the fourth album released by indie rock band The National. The album peaked at #68 on the Billboard 200.

Fast Facts

1. Release Date: May 22, 2007
2. Producer: Peter Katis
3. Recorded: Tarquin Studios, Bridgeport, Connecticut
4. Record Label: Beggars Banquet Records
5. The photo used on the album cover shows the band playing at producer Peter Katis' wedding
6. A Skin, a Night is the title of a documentary by Vincent Moon that documents the recording of Boxer

1. "Fake Empire"
2. "Mistaken for Strangers"
3. "Brainy"
4. "Squalor Victoria"
5. "Green Gloves"
6. "Slow Show"
7. "Apartment Story"
8. "Start a War"
9. "Guest Room"
10. "Racing Like a Pro"
11. "Ada"
12. "Gospel"

1. "Boxer works best as a mood piece; it's also the first National release to work as a whole, and it's the best album I've heard so far this year". Slant Magazine
2. "In the absence of specific moments of revelation, the general melancholy becomes wearing". The Guardian