We Stay Together (EP)

We Stay Together
EP by Andy Stott
Released	30 September 2011 (2011-09-30)
Genre	Techno [1]
Length	37:02
Label	Modern Love
Andy Stott chronology
Passed Me By (2011) We Stay Together (2011) Luxury Problems (2012)

We Stay Together is an EP by British record producer Andy Stott. It was released on 30 September 2011 through Modern Love. It received universal acclaim from critics. ^[2]

Background

Andy Stott is a British record producer. ^[3] We Stay Together is his second EP of 2011, following Passed Me By . ^[1] It consists of six tracks. ^[4] It was released on 30 September 2011 through Modern Love. ^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	85/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Beats Per Minute	82% [1]
Cokemachineglow	81% [7]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [8]
Fact	[9]
Pitchfork	8.2/10 [4]
Resident Advisor	4.0/5 [10]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , We Stay Together received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 85 out of 100 from 5 critic scores. ^[2]

Will Ryan of Beats Per Minute commented that We Stay Together is "heavier, more defined, and arguably better" than Passed Me By. ^[1] He added, "The feel of We Stay Together is consistently nocturnal, if not foreboding, though it never descends into Demdike Stare blackness." ^[1] Andrew Ryce of Resident Advisor wrote, "Where the music on Passed Me By slowly destroyed itself with each passing bar, here it sounds like it's desperately struggling to hold together." ^[10]

Accolades

Year-end lists for We Stay Together

Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
Cokemachineglow	Top 50 Albums 2011	45	[11]
Pitchfork	Albums of the Year: Honorable Mention	—	[12]
The Wire	Releases of the Year (2011 Rewind)	25	[13]

Track listing

We Stay Together track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Submission"	4:50
2.	"Posers"	5:07
3.	"Bad Wires"	7:20
4.	"We Stay Together (Part One)"	6:36
5.	"Cherry Eye"	7:32
6.	"Cracked"	5:36
Total length:		37:02

References

1. Ryan, Will (4 November 2011). "Album Review: Andy Stott – We Stay Together". Beats Per Minute . Archived from the original on 17 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
2. "We Stay Together [EP] by Andy Stott". Metacritic . Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
3. Kellman, Andy. "Andy Stott". AllMusic . Retrieved 17 January 2026.
4. Sherburne, Philip (27 October 2011). "Andy Stott: We Stay Together". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
5. "We Stay Together". Boomkat. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
6. "We Stay Together - Andy Stott". AllMusic . Retrieved 17 January 2026.
7. Elliott, Joel (9 December 2011). "Andy Stott: We Stay Together (Modern Love; 2011)". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
8. Bass, George (21 October 2011). "Single Review: Andy Stott - We Stay Together". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
9. Purdom, Tim (30 September 2011). "Andy Stott: We Stay Together". Fact . Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
10. Ryce, Andrew (14 October 2011). "Andy Stott - We Stay Together". Resident Advisor . Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
11. "Top 50 Albums 2011 (page 1)". Cokemachineglow . 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
12. "Albums of the Year: Honorable Mention". Pitchfork . 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
13. "Releases of the Year". The Wire . No. 335. January 2012. pp. 30–33.

External links

• We Stay Together at Discogs (list of releases)