Come On Die Young | ||||
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Released | 29 March 1999 | |||
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Length | 67:32 | |||
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Producer | Dave Fridmann | |||
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Come On Die Young is the second studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. The album was released on 29 March 1999 by Chemikal Underground.
Songs for Come On Die Young were written by the band members at home or together in the rehearsal room. [3] Wanting a sparser sound, Mogwai drew influences from Seventeen Seconds by The Cure and Spiderland by Slint [4] as well as Low, Nick Drake and The For Carnation. [5] The songs "Christmas Steps" and "Ex-Cowboy" had been played live by the band during the tour for Mogwai Young Team . [3] The album was recorded in three weeks [3] at Tarbox Road Studios in Cassadaga, New York with producer Dave Fridmann [6] and was the first Mogwai recording to feature multi-instrumentalist Barry Burns. [7] The original intended running time of the album was extended after Mogwai's record label, Chemikal Underground, persuaded them to include more of the songs they had recorded. [3] Come On Die Young is somewhat different from the rest of Mogwai's work because of its reserved tone. The album's second track "Cody" is much more like a traditional pop song than most of the band's repertoire. Still slow and sinuous, it features an uncharacteristically distinct melody, slide guitar and relatively prominent vocals. Much of Come On Die Young consists of slow, quiet, drum-driven tracks containing tense, feedback-laden crescendos and occasionally ambient textures. Near the end of the album, the bombastic "Christmas Steps" breaks away from this quiet tension and displays a return to Mogwai's more well-known distortion-heavy dynamics. The album's title derives from a Glasgow gang of the same name. [8]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Guardian | [10] |
The Independent | [11] |
Melody Maker | [12] |
NME | 8/10 [13] |
Pitchfork | 8.3/10 [14] |
Q | [15] |
Rolling Stone | [16] |
Spin | 7/10 [17] |
The Village Voice | C [18] |
Come On Die Young received a somewhat muted reception when compared to Mogwai Young Team. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for AllMusic, wrote that "perhaps Come On Die Young wouldn't have seemed as disappointing if it hadn't arrived on the wave of hype and expectation, but the truth is, it pales in comparison to their own work." [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Punk Rock:" | Stuart Braithwaite | 2:09 |
2. | "Cody" | Braithwaite | 6:33 |
3. | "Helps Both Ways" | Dominic Aitchison | 4:53 |
4. | "Year 2000 Non-Compliant Cardia" |
| 3:26 |
5. | "Kappa" |
| 4:53 |
6. | "Waltz for Aidan" |
| 3:44 |
7. | "May Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door" |
| 8:30 |
8. | "Oh! How the Dogs Stack Up" | Burns | 2:04 |
9. | "Ex-Cowboy" | Aitchison | 9:09 |
10. | "Chocky" |
| 9:23 |
11. | "Christmas Steps" |
| 10:39 |
12. | "Punk Rock/Puff Daddy/ANʇICHRISʇ" | Braithwaite | 2:14 |
Total length: | 67:38 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Nick Drake" | 3:14 |
2. | "Waltz for Aidan" (Chem19 Demo) | 3:40 |
3. | "Christmas Steps" (Chem19 Demo; available on vinyl LP version only) | 6:41 |
4. | "Rollerball" (Chem19 Demo) | 3:51 |
5. | "7:25" (Chem19 Demo; available on vinyl LP version only) | 6:37 |
6. | "Untitled" (Travels in Constants, Vol. 12 EP) | 6:07 |
7. | "Quiet Stereo Dee" (Travels in Constants, Vol. 12 EP) | 4:07 |
8. | "Arundel" (Travels in Constants, Vol. 12 EP) | 2:59 |
9. | "Cody" (CaVa Sessions) | 5:58 |
10. | "Ex-Cowboy" (CaVa Sessions) | 9:12 |
11. | "Spoon Test" (CaVa Sessions) | 6:29 |
12. | "Punk Rock:" (CaVa Sessions) | 2:12 |
13. | "Helicon 2" (CaVa Church Live) | 3:05 |
14. | "Satchel Panzer" (CaVa Church Live) | 1:24 |
15. | "Kappa" (CaVa Church Live) | 4:38 |
16. | "Helps Both Ways" (Original Version) | 5:22 |
17. | "Hugh Dallas" | 8:31 |
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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Scottish Albums (OCC) [19] | 24 |
UK Albums (OCC) [20] | 29 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [21] | 6 |
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Come On Die Young at Discogs (list of releases)