The Woods is the seventh and final studio album

Album

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 by the punk rock

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 trio Sleater-Kinney

Sleater-Kinney

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. Released in 2005, the album was released to widespread critical acclaim. The album was produced by Dave Fridmann

Dave Fridmann

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, whose earlier work includes collaborations with The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips

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 and Mercury Rev

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. It represents a stylistic shift from their previous releases, fusing elements of album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock

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 with the band's more characteristic punk rock

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 sound, while continuing lyrical themes such as consumerism and personal relationships.

The Woods is available as a double vinyl set. Some copies are typical black vinyl, but others are colored. In the colored sets, the first record is a marbled light green color, and the second is a reddish brown with side D printed to look like a horizontal cross section of a timber

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Online music magazine

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 Pitchfork Media

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 placed The Woods at number 127 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.

Rolling Stone

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 placed The Woods at number 70 on its list of top 100 albums of the 2000s.

Tiny Mix Tapes

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 placed "The Woods" at number 89 on its list of Favorite 100 Albums of the 2000s.

This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com

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's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.

Track listing

All songs written by Sleater-Kinney

Sleater-Kinney

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1. "The Fox" – 3:25
2. "Wilderness" – 3:40
3. "What's Mine Is Yours" – 4:58
4. "Jumpers" – 4:24
5. "Modern Girl" – 3:01
6. "Entertain" – 4:55
7. "Rollercoaster" – 4:55
8. "Steep Air" – 4:04
9. "Let's Call It Love" – 11:01
10. "Night Light" – 3:40
11. "Everything" (iTunes bonus track) – 3:26
12. "The Fox (Live)" (iTunes bonus track) – 3:13