Tournament of Hearts is the third full length album by the Constantines

Constantines

-History:The band was formed by Steve Lambke, Bryan Webb, Doug MacGregor, and Dallas Wehrle in 1999, following the break-up of Webb and MacGregor's emotional hardcore band Shoulder...

. It was released September 27, 2005 on the Canadian

Canada

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 label Three Gut Records

Three Gut Records

Three Gut Records was a Guelph, Ontario, Canada based independent record label. It was founded in 1999 by Lisa Moran and Tyler Clarke Burke as a vehicle for releasing albums by their friends; it became an influential player in Canadian music with the breakout success of the Constantines'...

. Sub Pop

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 released the album outside of Canada two weeks later, on October 11, 2005. In an interview with CBC Radio 3

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 to promote the release of Reunion Tour

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, John K. Samson

John K. Samson

John Kristjan Samson is a musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a singer-songwriter and currently the frontman of the Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans...

, the singer/guitarist of The Weakerthans

The Weakerthans

The Weakerthans are a four-piece Canadian indie rock band.-History:The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined forces with bassist John P...

, claimed that the Constantines chose the album title at his urging.

Track listing

1. "Draw Us Lines" – 4:16
2. "Hotline Operator" – 3:39
3. "Love in Fear" – 3:55
4. "Lizaveta" – 3:34
5. "Soon Enough" – 4:00
6. "Working Full-Time" – 3:56
7. "Good Nurse" – 3:29
8. "Thieves" – 3:30
9. "You Are a Conductor" – 3:59
10. "Windy Road" – 2:29