Get Awkward

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Get Awkward
Get Awkward.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 2008
Genre Garage punk, noise pop, hardcore punk
Length(US Version) 29:28
(UK Version) 35:37
Label XL Recordings, Ecstatic Peace
Producer Steven McDonald
Be Your Own Pet chronology
Not Rocket Science
(2007)
Get Awkward
(2008)
Get Damaged EP
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned In Sound 5/10 [3]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A− [4]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [7]
PopMatters 6/10 [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Get Awkward is the second album by Be Your Own Pet. It was released on March 18, 2008. Rolling Stone listed the album as the 45th best of 2008. [12]

Contents

UK track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Super Soaked"2:34
2."Black Hole"2:25
3."Heart Throb"2:12
4."Becky"3:00
5."The Kelly Affair"2:32
6."Twisted Nerve"3:03
7."Blow Yr Mind"0:44
8."Bummer Time"1:59
9."Bitches Leave"2:25
10."You're a Waste"2:38
11."Food Fight!"1:05
12."Zombie Graveyard Party!"2:03
13."What's Your Damage?"2:19
14."Creepy Crawl"2:51
15."The Beast Within"3:54

US track listing

Three tracks—"Black Hole", "Becky" and "Blow Yr Mind"—were removed by Universal lawyers for being "too violent". [13] They were later released in the US on the EP Get Damaged . [14]

No.TitleLength
1."Super Soaked"2:34
2."The Kelly Affair"2:32
3."Twisted Nerve"3:03
4."Heart Throb"2:12
5."Bitches Leave"2:25
6."Bummer Time"1:59
7."You're a Waste"2:38
8."Food Fight!"1:05
9."Zombie Graveyard Party!"2:03
10."What's Your Damage?"2:19
11."Creepy Crawl"2:51
12."The Beast Within"3:54

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