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| | 4 Nights At The Palais Royale | The A.V. Club |
 | | Dropped from its label and left for certain retirement, Sloan instead retreated to conquered territory in Canada, where it stopped eyeing the fickle chart barometer and turned out two wonderful, less-hyped albums: 1996's One Chord To Another, a shimmering pastiche of '60s pop, and last year's propulsive, guitar-driven masterpiece Navy Blues. |
 | | With the latter adding to an impressive catalog of arena-ready rock songs, and a rabidly devoted home fan base already in place, Sloan has picked the ideal time to release a thrilling double-disc live album, 4 Nights At The Palais Royale. |
 | | Recorded near the tail end of the Navy Blues tour, 4 Nights was intended as a bonus for fansonly 5,000 copies are available in the U.S.which probably explains the singalongs and waves of audience hysteria left in the mix. |
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