Length 32:10 Release date 2008 Label Arts & Crafts | Artist Los Campesinos! Producer John Goodmanson | |
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Released 27 October 2008 (UK)
25 November 2008 (US, CAN) Recorded 12–23 June 2008
Avast Recording Co, Seattle, WA
Electrokitty, Seattle, WA
Stars and Sons, Toronto, ON We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
(2008) Romance Is Boring
(2010) Genres Indie pop, Indie rock, Noise pop Similar Los Campesinos! albums, Indie rock albums | ||
Los campesinos we are beautiful we are doomed full mini album
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed is the second album from Cardiff-based seven-piece Los Campesinos!. It was released in the UK on 27 October 2008 on Wichita Recordings.
Contents
- Los campesinos we are beautiful we are doomed full mini album
- Los campesinos ways to make it through the wall
- Packaging
- Track listing
- Reception
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The band initially did not consider We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed to be their second album, instead considering it a mini-album or an "EEP" (Extended EP). By 2017, the band's members had relented to calling it their second album. Frontman Gareth Campesinos explained to Noisey that "I myself get annoyed when long term fans say "Actually, it's an EP," because I want to be able to say that "my band has released six albums" not "my band has released five albums" because it makes us seem like we've been more important for longer."
The album's release came only thirty-three weeks after debut album Hold on Now, Youngster... and contains ten completely new tracks, none of which were released as singles. The album was recorded over an eleven-day recording session with John Goodmanson in his Seattle studio during June 2008.
The song "Miserabilia" was named the 94th best song of 2008 by Rolling Stone.
Los campesinos ways to make it through the wall
Packaging
The CD version was released with an accompanying DVD featuring a short documentary of the band during their 2008 tour. The CD release also contains a 32-page booklet which, in addition to liner notes and lyrics, also includes drawings and poems from Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu, Zac Pennington of Parenthetical Girls, Brent Knopf of Menomena and Ramona Falls, and Paul Heaton of The Housemartins and The Beautiful South, among others.
Track listing
All tracks written by Gareth and Tom Campesinos!, except where noted.
Reception
Initial critical response was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album was met with universal acclaim receiving an average score of 82, based on 22 reviews.
Personnel
Songs
1Ways to Make It Through the Wall4:12
2Miserabilia3:15
3We Are Beautiful - We Are Doomed3:54