We'll Live and Die in These Towns

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We'll Live and Die in These Towns
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Studio album by
Released9 July 2007
Genre Indie rock, punk rock
Length37:11
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Barny, Owen Morris, Matt Terry
The Enemy chronology
We'll Live and Die in These Towns
(2007)
Music for the People
(2009)
Singles from We'll Live and Die in These Towns
  1. "40 Days and 40 Nights"
    Released: 2006
  2. "It's Not OK"
    Released: 2007
  3. "Away from Here"
    Released: 2007
  4. "Had Enough"
    Released: 2007
  5. "You're Not Alone"
    Released: 2007
  6. "We'll Live and Die in These Towns"
    Released: 2007
  7. "This Song"
    Released: 2008

We'll Live And Die in These Towns is the debut album of British indie rock band The Enemy, released on 9 July 2007. It went to number #1 on its first week of release in the British album charts.

Contents

The album reached #75 in the UK end of year chart selling around 222,000 copies in 2007. In February 2008 it was given platinum certification meaning sales of over 300,000 copies.

A low-quality version of the full album was leaked on 3 July 2007, containing both demo and non-album versions of particular songs.

For the single release of "This Song", it was renamed "This Song Is About You".

The song "Aggro", which appears on the album, is featured in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour .

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 61/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound (4/10) [3]
Gigwise.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME (8/10) [6]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Yahoo! Music UK (6/10) [8]
Stereology (8/10) [9]

Critical response to We'll Live and Die in These Towns tended toward the positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 61, based on 11 reviews. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Aggro" – 3:25
  2. "Away from Here" – 3:02
  3. "Pressure" – 3:18
  4. "Had Enough" - 2:39
  5. "We'll Live and Die in These Towns" – 3:54
  6. "You're Not Alone" – 3:44
  7. "It's Not OK" – 3:35
  8. "Technodanceaphobic" – 2:34
  9. "40 Days and 40 Nights" – 3:36
  10. "This Song" – 4:25
  11. "Happy Birthday Jane" – 2:59

Bonus tracks:

  1. "Five Years" (David Bowie cover) - 4:31
  2. "Fear Killed the Youth of our Nation" - 3:31

Writers

All songs are written by The Enemy. [10] [11]

Signing Session

On 9 July, the day of release of the album, the band played a special set at HMV Oxford Street in London and in Coventry.

The album 'We'll Live And Die in These Towns' went to number 1 on 15 July.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA) [12] 63
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [14] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)Position
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 75
Chart (2008)Position
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 95

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