C'mon Let's Pretend

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C'mon Let's Pretend
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Studio album by
Released1999
April 8, 2003 (re-issue)
Genre Rock
Length41:34
Sahara Hotnights chronology
Suits Anyone Fine
(1997)
C'mon Let's Pretend
(1999)
Jennie Bomb
(2001)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork Media 6.8/10 [3]

C'mon Let's Pretend is the debut studio album by the Swedish rock group Sahara Hotnights. [4] It was released in 1999. [5] The album received two Grammi nominations. [6]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Push on Some More" – 3:34
  2. "Quite a Feeling" – 3:44
  3. "Drive Dead Slow" – 3:40
  4. "Oh Darling!" – 3:37
  5. "Wake Up" – 3:31
  6. "That's What They Do" – 4:36
  7. "Impressed by Me" – 2:48
  8. "Kicks" – 3:28
  9. "Too Cold for You" – 2:41
  10. "I Know Exactly What to Do" – 4:48
  11. "Our Very Own" – 5:07

Personnel

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References

  1. "C'Mon Lets Pretend by Sahara Hotnights". Metacritic .
  2. "C'mon Let's Pretend Review by MacKenzie Wilson". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. "Sahara Hotnights: C'mon Let's Pretend". Pitchfork .
  4. Bresnark, Robin (May 10, 2000). "C'mon Let's Pretend". Melody Maker. Vol. 77, no. 19. p. 48.
  5. Anderman, Joan (4 Apr 2003). "Turn up the heat". The Boston Globe. p. C12.
  6. Maerz, Jennifer (9 Oct 2002). "A Quick Spin". The Washington Post. p. C5.