We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge is the debut album by Destroyer

Destroyer (band)

Destroyer is a Canadian indie pop band fronted by singer-songwriter Dan Bejar.- Overview :Daniel Bejar is an independent pop singer-songwriter from Vancouver who formed Destroyer in 1995. He self-produced his first album, the lo-fi We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge, which was recorded at his in...

. Originally released on Tinker in 1996, it was reissued by Scratch Records on October 24, 2006.

The album's title is an allusion to Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, in which Mikhail Kutuzov, the commander of the Russian army, promises to build Napoleon and the French army a "golden bridge" out of Russia - that is, to allow the French to continue on their hasty retreat without attempting to do battle, which would only delay the eventual end of the war and bring about needless destruction and loss of life.

Track listing

1. "Revolution" – 1:15
2. "J. Tailor" – 2:44
3. "Smith" – 1:11
4. "I, As McCarthy" – 2:01
5. "Mending Song" – 1:08
6. "Leave Little Fiddler (Alone)" – 4:06
7. "The Pornographers" – 0:57
8. "War on Jazz" – 3:00
9. "Islands in the Stream" – 1:31
10. "Saddestroyer" – 3:15
11. "Streets of Fire" – 1:50
12. "Rose Fleched This" – 3:27
13. "Breakin' the Law" – 2:38
14. "Whistilin' Dixie (She Shoots)" – 3:08
15. "Riots" – 1:33
16. "Knowing When to Leave (Slang Mix)" – 2:12