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Wikipedia / No Cities Left

No Cities Left is the second album by Canadian band The Dears, released in 2003 on MapleMusic Recordings. The album features fellow Canadian indie-rocker Sam Roberts playing violin on "Never Destroy Us".

Track listing

All songs written by Murray Lightburn.

  1. "We Can Have It" – 5:42

  2. "Who Are You, Defenders of the Universe?" – 3:41

  3. "Lost in the Plot" – 4:48

  4. "The Second Part" – 5:42

  5. "Don't Lose the Faith" – 3:10

  6. "Expect the Worst/'Cos She's a Tourist" – 7:52

  7. "Pinned Together, Falling Apart" – 6:01

  8. "Never Destroy Us" – 4:29

  9. "Warm and Sunny Days" – 5:47

  10. "22: The Death of All the Romance" – 5:56

  11. "Postcard from Purgatory" – 7:57

  12. "No Cities Left" – 5:23

"Don't Lose the Faith" was omitted from the original American release.

Re-releases

The 2005 re-release of No Cities Left included "Don't Lose the Faith" and also the content of their EP Protest.

In 2024, a 20th anniversary edition of the album was released, featuring an extra six tracks of demos and acoustic versions. The reissue was promoted in part with a series of concerts performing the album in its entirety in Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton; the Montreal concert at the Rialto Theatre, at which he was spontaneously moved to tell the audience that even though life can be hard sometimes it's fundamentally a beautiful experience and then asked them to chant "Life is beautiful!" back at him three times, inspired the title and themes of the band's 2025 album Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!.

Videos

Videos were released for "Lost in the Plot" and "22: The Death of All the Romance".

Personnel

  • Murray Lightburn - Lead and background vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, Fender Rhodes, piano, melodica, midi programming, tambourine, maracas, handclaps

  • Natalia Yanchak - NordElectro organ and clavinet, piano, synthesizers, Fender Rhodes, lead and background vocals, handclaps

  • Martin Pelland - Bass guitar, background vocals, handclaps

  • George Donoso III - Drums, background vocals, handclaps

  • Valerie Jodoin-Keaton - background vocals, handclaps

  • Sam Roberts - Violin

  • Heather Schnarr - Violin

  • Matthew Perrin - Double Bass

  • Josh Fuhrman - Tenor Saxophone, baritone saxophone

  • Brigitte Mayes - Cello, synthesizers, Fender Rhodes, flute, background vocals, handclaps

  • The Brebeuf Brass : Matthew Watkins (trumpet), Chris Seligman (French horn) and Evan Cranley (Euphonium, trombone)

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