The Stand Ins

The Stand Ins
Cover Art by William Schaff[1]
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2008
GenreIndie rock
Length40:12
LabelJagjaguwar
ProducerBrian Beattie[2]
Okkervil River chronology
Golden Opportunities Mixtape
(2007)
The Stand Ins
(2008)
I Am Very Far
(2011)

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference credits was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jagjaguwar press release
  3. ^ a b c Okkervil River Reveal Full Details of The Stand Ins Archived 2008-06-01 at the Wayback Machine (Pitchfork Media)
  4. ^ "Metallica Scores Fifth Straight No. 1 Album". Billboard. 2008-09-17.