Mississauga Goddam is a 2004 album by the Hidden Cameras.
The title is an allusion to Nina Simone's civil rights anthem "Mississippi Goddam" (from the album Nina Simone in Concert), suggesting suburbia (Mississauga is a suburb of Toronto) as the real battleground for LGBT equality.
The album was released on Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom and EvilEvil in Canada.
A video for the title "I Believe in the Good of Life", was released. Directed by Joel Gibb, starred band members Joel Gibb, Maggie MacDonald, Mike e.b., Lex Vaughn, Owen Pallett, and others, along with guest stars Tawny LeSabre, Keith Cole, Will Munro, and G.B. Jones.
Track listing "Doot Doot Plot" – 2:47 "Builds the Bone" – 3:40 "The Fear Is On" – 2:41 "That's When the Ceremony Starts" – 3:07 "I Believe in the Good of Life" – 3:33 "In the Union of Wine" – 4:43 "Music Is My Boyfriend" – 3:28 "Bboy" – 2:38 "We Oh We" – 4:32 "I Want Another Enema" – 3:55 "Mississauga Goddam" – 5:44
Personnel Joel Gibb - Producer, vocals, guitar, drums, bass, glockenspiel, piano, tambourine, organ, kazoo, vibraphone, synthesizer, steel drum, aeuwwgha, artwork, photos Ohad Benchetrit - flute Mike e.b. - tambourine Jameson Elliot - assistant engineer Scott Good - trombone Luis Jacob - aeuwwgha Nana Jojura - violin Don Kerr - cello Amy Laing - cello Jeff McMurrich - recording engineer Maggie MacDonald - glockenspiel, vibraphone Paul Mathew - double bass Karen Moffat - viola Lief Mosbaugh - viola Kristen Moss - harp Mike Olson - cello Owen Pallett - violin, piano, celeste Matais Rozenberg - spoons, percussion, drums, bass keys Jennifer Scofield - French horn Phil Seguin - trumpet Justin Shayshyn - B4 Hammond organ, pipe organ Lex Vaughn - maraca drums, timpani, drums Choir - Caroline Azar, Amy Bowles, Kate McGee, Glen Sheppard, Megan Dunlop, Tom Lillington, Michael Follert, Reg Vermue
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