Terrible Human Beings

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Terrible Human Beings
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2017 (2017-02-17)
Genre Garage punk, garage rock
Length38:22
Label Atlantic
Producer Jim Abbiss
The Orwells chronology
Disgraceland
(2014)
Terrible Human Beings
(2017)
The Orwells
(2019)
Singles from Terrible Human Beings
  1. "Buddy"
    Released: October 3, 2016
  2. "They Put a Body in the Bayou"
    Released: October 27, 2016
  3. "Double Feature"
    Released: December 5, 2016
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 68/100 [1]
Review scores
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Pitchfork 5.8/10 [4]
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Terrible Human Beings is the third studio album by American band The Orwells. It was released February 17, 2017, by Atlantic Records. [7] It would be the band's final album released before their breakup in 2018, although it was followed with the self released The Orwells in 2019.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."They Put a Body in the Bayou"3:10
2."Fry"2:03
3."Creatures"2:30
4."Vacation"2:50
5."Black Francis"2:38
6."M.A.D."2:59
7."Buddy"1:26
8."Hippie Soldier"3:29
9."Heavy Head"2:54
10."Body Reprise"1:14
11."Ring Pop"2:29
12."Last Call (Go Home)"3:25
13."Double Feature"7:19

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