Released 14 February 2011 Artist Mogwai Producer Paul Savage Genres Post-rock, Indie rock | Length 53:08 Release date 2 February 2011 Label Rock Action | |
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Recorded Chem19 Studios
(Hamilton, Scotland) Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
(2011) A Wrenched Virile Lore
(2012) Similar Mogwai albums, Post-rock albums | ||
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will is the seventh studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released in the UK and Europe on 14 February 2011 by Rock Action Records, and in the US on 15 February 2011 by Sub Pop.
Contents
The album's cover art is a photo of New York City as seen from the Hudson River. The inspiration for the closing track's title, "You're Lionel Richie", comes from what a hungover Stuart Braithwaite said when he ran into the singer at an airport.
Mogwai white noise
Track listing
All songs written by Mogwai, except where noted.
There is a limited edition including a bonus CD featuring a 23:23 minute long piece called "Music for a Forgotten Future (The Singing Mountain)" recorded for an art installation by Douglas Gordon and Olaf Nicolai in Essen, Germany.
Critical reception
Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. received mostly positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 34 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Personnel
Credits adapted from Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will album liner notes.
Mogwai
Additional
Songs
1White Noise5:03
2Mexican Grand Prix5:17
3Rano Pano5:15