Sainthood (album)

Sainthood is the sixth album by Tegan and Sara released in October 2009 through Sire Records. Two singles were released from it, Hell and Alligator.

It charted at number 21 in the Billboard 200, selling 22,665 in it's first week, and at number 4 in Canada. It has sold more than 115,000 copies in America and has gone gold in Canada.

Background
In July 2007, Tegan and Sara released their fifth album The Con. This album brought them sort of into the mainstream, and it was their first album to chart ever, going at number 4 in Canada and number 34 in the US selling about 19,000 copies in it's first week. They were MTV's Artist of the Week in late 2007, and were nominated for a Juno award for Alternative Album of the Year in 2008.

Recording
See also: Photos of the recording of Sainthood

In May 2009 Tegan and Sara began recording a new album in Los Angeles with Chris Walla, who produced ''The Con. ''They said they had about 20 songs or so they wanted to record. They made three lists, the first list was songs that were priorites and that they wanted to record at Sound City. The second was songs they wanted to record in Seattle. The third was songs that were likely to become B-sides or just forgotten about. They recorded some stuff at Sound City then went to Seattle and spent some time recording other stuff.

Songs
All songs written by Tegan and Sara except for Don't Rush, Hell and The Cure written by Tegan and Sara and Hunter Burgan.

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 * 1) Arrow
 * 2) Don't Rush
 * 3) Hell
 * 4) On Directing
 * 5) Red Belt
 * 6) The Cure
 * 7) Northshore
 * 8) Night Watch
 * 9) Alligator
 * 10) Paperback Head
 * 11) The Ocean
 * 12) Sentimental Tune
 * 13) Someday
 * 1) Wrists
 * 2) Light Up
 * 1) It Was Midnight