Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will

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Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will
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Studio album by
Mogwai
Released14 February 2011 (2011-02-14)
Studio
Genre Post-rock
Length53:08
Label Rock Action
Producer
Mogwai chronology
Special Moves
(2010)		Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will
(2011)		 Earth Division
(2011)

Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will is the seventh studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released on 14 February 2011 by Rock Action Records.

Contents

In October 2011, it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA), which indicated sales in excess of 20,000 copies throughout Europe. [1]

The album's cover art is a photo of New York City as seen from the Hudson River. [2] The inspiration for the closing track's title, "You're Lionel Richie", comes from what a hungover Stuart Braithwaite said when he ran into the singer at an airport. [3]

The album continues the post-rock sound Mogwai’s previous releases, with most tracks being instrumental.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The A.V. Club B [6]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [7]
NME 8/10 [8]
Paste 7.6/10 [9]
Pitchfork 6.6/10 [10]
PopMatters 6/10 [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Spin 7/10 [14]

Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will received mostly positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 34 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mogwai, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."White Noise"5:04
2."Mexican Grand Prix" (writers: Mogwai, Luke Sutherland)5:18
3."Rano Pano"5:15
4."Death Rays"6:00
5."San Pedro"3:28
6."Letters to the Metro"4:40
7."George Square Thatcher Death Party"4:00
8."How to Be a Werewolf"6:23
9."Too Raging to Cheers"4:30
10."You're Lionel Richie"8:30
Total length:53:08
Japanese edition bonus tracks [15]
No.TitleLength
11."Slight Domestic"5:33
12."Hasenheide"3:29
Total length:62:10
Digibook edition bonus disc [15] [16]
No.TitleLength
1."Music for a Forgotten Future (The Singing Mountain)"23:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will. [17]

Mogwai

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will
Chart (2011)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [18] 78
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19] 49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 31
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] 39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [22] 83
French Albums (SNEP) [23] 46
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [24] 27
Irish Albums (IRMA) [25] 25
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA) [26] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC) [27] 12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [28] 57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [29] 45
UK Albums (OCC) [30] 25
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [31] 4
US Billboard 200 [32] 97
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [33] 14
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [34] 15
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [35] 25

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