Fix Yourself, Not the World

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Fix Yourself, Not the World
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Studio album by
the Wombats
Released14 January 2022 (2022-01-14)
StudioNone (recorded remotely from London, Los Angeles, and Oslo)
Genre
Length40:31
Label AWAL
Producer
The Wombats chronology
Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
(2018)		Fix Yourself, Not the World
(2022)		Is This What It Feels Like to Feel Like This?
(2022)
Singles from Fix Yourself, Not the World
  1. "Method to the Madness"
    Released: 26 May 2021
  2. "If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You"
    Released: 17 August 2021
  3. "Ready for the High"
    Released: 14 October 2021
  4. "Everything I Love Is Going to Die"
    Released: 15 November 2021

Fix Yourself, Not the World is the fifth studio album by English rock band the Wombats, released on 14 January 2022. It was preceded by the singles "Method to the Madness", "If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You", "Ready for the High", and "Everything I Love Is Going to Die". Music videos were also released for the tracks "This Car Drives All By Itself" and "Worry". The album was supported by a tour throughout America, Europe, and Australia during 2022. [2] [3]

Contents

The album debuted atop the UK Albums and UK Independent Albums charts with 13,812 units in its first week. [4]

Background and recording

The album began when all members were together in Los Angeles in 2019 and wrote several songs. [5] It was then recorded remotely during several COVID-19 lockdowns beginning in 2020, with each band member in a different location: Matthew Murphy in Los Angeles, bassist Tord Øverland Knudsen in Oslo and drummer Dan Haggis in London. They made a plan each day before separately recording their parts and sending them on to the producers. [6] Haggis said that the band "explored new genres and pushed ourselves further than ever musically" on the album. [7]

Cover art

The cover art for the album and its singles was created by German–American pixel art collective eBoy. Kai Vermehr of eBoy said that he "collected loose ideas" from Murphy and the other band members, and the artwork came together without having "a detailed plan" but through "more of a discovery process". [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.8/10 [9]
Metacritic 72/100 [10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Clash 8/10 [11]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
No Ripcord2/10 [15]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [10] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.8 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. [9]

Track listing

Fix Yourself, Not the World track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Flip Me Upside Down"
3:13
2."This Car Drives All by Itself"
Lee4:45
3."If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You"
  • Murphy
  • Timothy Randolph Edgar
Crew2:49
4."Ready for the High"
4:05
5."Method to the Madness"
  • Murphy
  • Haggis
  • Knudsen
  • Crew
  • The Wombats
4:33
6."People Don't Change People, Time Does"
  • Murphy
  • Haggis
  • Knudsen
  • Crew
  • The Wombats
3:01
7."Everything I Love Is Going to Die"
  • Murphy
  • Luke Niccoli
  • Micah Premnath
Crew3:20
8."Work Is Easy, Life Is Hard"
Meany3:16
9."Wildfire"
  • Murphy
  • Haggis
  • Knudsen
  • Crew
  • The Wombats
3:29
10."Don't Poke the Bear"
  • Murphy
  • Haggis
  • Knudsen
  • Crew
  • The Wombats
3:07
11."Worry"
  • Murphy
  • Lee
Lee3:10
12."Fix Yourself, Then the World (Reach Beyond Your Fingers)"
  • Murphy
  • Haggis
  • Knudsen
  • Crew
  • The Wombats
1:43
Total length:40:31

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Fix Yourself, Not the World
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17] 89
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] 38
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19] 2
UK Albums (OCC) [20] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [21] 1

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