Control (Pedro the Lion album)

Control
Jade Tree (JT1072)
Producer	David Bazan
Pedro the Lion chronology
Progress (2000) Control (2002) Achilles Heel (2004)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	(7.2/10) [3]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) [4]

Control is the third full-length album by

. It is a concept album about a businessman who is having an extramarital affair, and his untimely death at the hands of his spurned wife. It covers such subject matter as infidelity, parenthood, greed, commercialism, vengeance, and fear of death.

Track listing

All songs by Bazan except "Penetration" "Magazine" and "Second Best", which were co-written with Casey Foubert.

1. "Options" – 3:56
2. "Rapture" – 3:26
3. "Penetration" – 3:55
4. "Indian Summer" – 3:21
5. "Progress" – 4:09
6. "Magazine" – 4:01
7. "Rehearsal" – 3:48
8. "Second Best" – 6:00
9. "Priests And Paramedics" – 4:35
10. "Rejoice" – 3:11

Personnel

• David Bazan – vocals, drums, guitars, bass guitar, keyboards
• Casey Foubert – bass guitar, keyboards, guitars, percussion
• Design and Illustration by Ryan Clark for Asterik Studio

References