| The Stand Ins | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cover Art by William Schaff[1] | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 9, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 40:12 | |||
| Label | Jagjaguwar | |||
| Producer | Brian Beattie[2] | |||
| Okkervil River chronology | ||||
| ||||
The Stand Ins is the fifth full-length studio album by American indie rock band Okkervil River, released on September 9, 2008.[3] The album is the second half of The Stage Names, a planned double album. The title comes from the term 'stand-in', a person who substitutes for the actor before filming for technical purposes. If the cover art for The Stage Names is placed above that of The Stand-Ins, a complete picture is formed.[3] The album charted at #42 with 11,000 copies sold, according to the Billboard 200.[4]
Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg and guitarist Charles Bissell of The Wrens contributed to the album.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
creditswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jagjaguwar press release
- ^ a b c Okkervil River Reveal Full Details of The Stand Ins Archived 2008-06-01 at the Wayback Machine (Pitchfork Media)
- ^ "Metallica Scores Fifth Straight No. 1 Album". Billboard. 2008-09-17.