We, the Vehicles

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We, the Vehicles
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Studio album by
Maritime
ReleasedOctober 28, 2005
StudioBionic, Polish Moon
Genre Indie pop
Length36:17
Label Flameshovel
Producer Kristian Riley
Maritime chronology
Glass Floor
(2004)		We, the Vehicles
(2005)		 Heresy and the Hotel Choir
(2007)

We, the Vehicles is the second album by Maritime. It is the band's final album with the bass guitarist Eric Axelson.

Contents

Background

We, the Vehicles was recorded at Bionic Studios and Polish Moon with Kristian Riley and the band acting as producers and engineers. Riley mixed the recordings, before they were mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side. [1]

Release

On February 10, 2006, bassist Eric Axelson left the band; he was replaced by Decibully member Justin Flug. They went on a two-week tour in March 2004, prior to the release of We, the Vehicles on April 4, 2006. [2] It was subsequently made available for streaming through AOL Music two weeks later. [3] In September 2006, the band went on a tour of the US. [4] They closed out the year touring the US East Coast, and playing a hometown show on New Years Eve. [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Alternative Press 5/5 [8]
The A.V. Club A− [9]
Cokemachineglow 82% [10]
LAS Magazine7/10 [11]
Ox-Fanzine 9/10 [12]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [13]
PopMatters 7/10 [14]
Stylus Magazine B+ [15]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]

We, the Vehicles was met with generally favourable from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80, based on 12 reviews. [6]

Of the album, Brian Howe of Pitchfork said that it "not only exceeds its predecessor [Glass Floor], but serves as a corrective to every one of its deficiencies." [13]

Punknews.org ranked the album at number six on their list of the year's 20 best releases. [17]

Track listing

Track listing per booklet. All recordings produced by Kristian Riley and Maritime. [1]

  1. "Calm" – 3:23
  2. "Tearing Up the Oxygen" – 3:57
  3. "People, the Vehicles" – 3:41
  4. "Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts" – 3:27
  5. "We Don't Think, We Know" – 2:22
  6. "No One Will Remember You Tonight" – 2:46
  7. "Young Alumni" – 3:39
  8. "Don't Say You Don't" – 3:34
  9. "German Engineering" – 3:59
  10. "Twins" – 2:21
  11. "Protein and Poison" – 2:51
  1. "Before You Were Born" (Side A)
  2. "Call Me Home" (Side B)

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 We, the Vehicles (booklet). Maritime. Grand Hotel van Cleef. 2005. GHvC 024.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ Paul, Aubin (February 10, 2006). "Eric Axelson leaves Maritime". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  3. ↑ Paul, Aubin (April 17, 2006). "Streams from NOFX, Dresden Dolls, Mae, Be Your Own Pet, Maritime on AOL". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ Paul, Aubin (August 6, 2006). "Maritime". Punknews.org. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ Reinecker, Meg (October 11, 2006). "Maritime announce December dates". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for We, the Vehicles". Metacritic . Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  7. ↑ Mason, Stewart. "We, the Vehicles - Maritime". AllMusic . Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  8. ↑ Ryan, Kyle (May 24, 2006). "Maritime". Alternative Press . Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  9. ↑ Murray, Noel (April 26, 2006). "Rainer Maria / Maritime". The A.V. Club . Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  10. ↑ Greenwald, David (March 16, 2006). "Maritime: We, The Vehicles (Flameshovel Records; 2006)". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
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  13. 1 2 Howe, Brian (April 16, 2006). "Maritime: We, the Vehicles Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  14. ↑ Jagernauth, Kevin (June 14, 2006). "Maritime: We, The Vehicles". PopMatters . Retrieved November 23, 2021.
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