69, selling about 10,000 that week, totaling at 29,000. In its second week, the album fell out of the top 50, to No. The album also debuted at number 34 on the US Billboard 200, selling about 19,000 copies in its first week.
The album debuted at number 4 in the Canadian Albums Chart. The CD/DVD release has a Parental Advisory warning for profanity on the DVD, although the CD contains no explicit content. As announced on their MySpace blog, a special edition CD/DVD was released at the same time as the CD-only version. The Con was released on Jon CD, vinyl and as a digital download.
In March 2007, the band announced the release of The Con, along with the track listing and other information. The DVD edition of the album reveals the title track "The Con" was tentatively titled "Encircle Me" and "Like O, Like H" was previously titled "SOS". The songs Tegan wrote for The Con were heavily influenced by Against Me!'s album Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy. She stated that these factors combined to make The Con "very dark and also very much about reflecting on getting older, long-term relationships and the end of things". The twins were also mourning the death of their grandmother who, according to Tegan, had been like a second mother to them. Sara was struggling with Canadian immigration to get her American-born girlfriend a working visa so they could live together, while Tegan was dealing with the breakup of a five-year relationship. The album was written during a period of intense emotional turmoil for both Tegan and Sara. 7 Tegan and Sara Present the Con X: Covers.
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