Eggs Are Funny

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Eggs Are Funny
Mew Eggs are Funny.jpg
Compilation album by
Mew
Released25 October 2010
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock, dream pop, new prog, shoegazing, post-rock
Length66:46
Label Sony
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club B [2]

Eggs Are Funny is the first compilation album from the Danish alternative band Mew. [3] It was released in Scandinavia on 25 October 2010 and internationally on 11 January 2011 as a digital download. [4]

Contents

The compilation includes 14 songs from previous albums as well as one new song, "Do You Love It?" [5] The track list was compiled from what Mew consider to be their "best work."

Critical reception

The A.V. Club wrote that "it’s difficult to think of another group that’s this committed to pop songcraft, and yet that colors so far outside the lines with its music, creating a sound that really is the band’s alone." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1Am I Wry? No4:54
2Snow Brigade4:22
3Beach2:46
4Introducing Palace Players4:46
5Silas the Magic Car4:02
6Wheels Over Me2:35
7Saliva4:11
8She Came Home for Christmas3:55
9Sometimes Life Isn't Easy5:21
10Do You Love It?2:56
11Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed4:48
121564:55
13Special3:12
14The Zookeeper's Boy4:43
15Comforting Sounds8:58
16Apocalypso (Japanese edition bonus track)4:46
17King Christian (Japanese edition bonus track)3:34

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References

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