We Are Your Friends (Simian album)

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We Are Your Friends
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Studio album by
Released28 October 2002
Length40:39
Label
Producer Simian
Simian chronology
Chemistry Is What We Are
(2001)
We Are Your Friends
(2002)
Singles from We Are Your Friends
  1. "Never Be Alone"
    Released: 21 October 2002
  2. "La Breeze"
    Released: 31 March 2003
  3. "In Between"
    Released: 15 September 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [1]

We Are Your Friends is the second album by the English rock band Simian. It was released on 28 October 2002 on Mawlaw 388 in the UK and on 29 October 2002 on Astralwerks. [2]

Contents

The title of the album comes from the lyrics of one of its song, "Never be Alone". This song would later be made famous by Justice when they released a remix by the same name of the album, "We Are Your Friends", which was credited to 'Justice vs. Simian'.

Track listing

  1. "La Breeze" – 2:56
  2. "Sunshine" – 3:15
  3. "Never Be Alone" – 3:22
  4. "Helpless" – 3:29
  5. "Skin" – 3:01
  6. "Big Black Gun" – 3:15
  7. "In Between" – 3:11
  8. "The Way I Live" – 3:19
  9. "The Swarm" – 3:39
  10. "When I Go" – 3:10
  11. "She's In Mind" – 3:50
  12. "End Of The Day" – 4:09

Personnel

Simian

Other personnel

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References

  1. Simian: We Are Your Friends Album Review
  2. "Simian - We Are Your Friends". Discogs .