Spirit If...

Spirit If...
Studio album by
Kevin Drew
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007
Recorded2005–2007
GenreIndie rock, Experimental[1]
LabelArts & Crafts
ProducerKevin Drew, Ohad Benchetrit, Charles Spearin
Kevin Drew chronology
Broken Social Scene
(2005) 		Spirit If...
(2007) 		Something for All of Us...
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB+[4]
Drowned in Sound9/10[5]
Filter79%[6]
NME7/10[7]
NOW Magazine[8]
Pitchfork8.2/10[9]
PopMatters7/10[10]
Rolling Stone[11]

Spirit If... is the debut solo album by Broken Social Scene co-founder Kevin Drew. It was released on September 18, 2007. The album is the first in a series entitled Broken Social Scene Presents:, with each album in the series being a particular member's solo efforts, assisted by fellow Broken Social Scene members. Brendan Canning's album Something for All of Us, the second in the series, was released in 2008.

Spirit If... was recorded with Ohad Benchetrit and Charles Spearin of Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene. The track listing, album cover, as well as an mp3 download for the song "Tbtf" (an initialism for "Too Beautiful to Fuck") were released on June 19, 2007. Spirit If... reached #113 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top Heatseekers chart. "Backed Out on the..." was listed at #33 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007[12] and 99th on Pitchfork Media's list.[13]

  1. ^ Dombal, Ryan (2007-09-17). "Broken Social Scene / Kevin Drew: Spirit If... Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  2. ^ "Spirit If..." Metacritic.
  3. ^ Brown, Marisa. "Spirit If... Review". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Gordon, Scott (2007-09-25). "Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  5. ^ Jones, Alex (2007-08-31). "Album Review: Kevin Drew - Spirit If..." Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  6. ^ Staddon, Tristan (2007-09-28). "Kevin Drew: Spirit If..." Filter. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09.
  7. ^ Elan, Priya (2007-11-14). "Kevin Drew: Spirit If..." NME. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14.
  8. ^ Perlich, Tim (2007-09-13). "Kevin Drew Spirit If..." NOW Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11.
  9. ^ Dombal, Ryan (2007-09-17). "Broken Social Scene / Kevin Drew: Spirit If... Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  10. ^ Karzt, Dara (2007-10-03). "Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew: Spirit If..." PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  11. ^ Levy, Joe (2007-09-04). "Spirit If... : Kevin Drew : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  12. ^ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21
  13. ^ "Top 100 Tracks of 2007 | Pitchfork". Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-14.