Young for Eternity

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Young for Eternity
Subwaysyfe.jpg
Studio album by
Released4 July 2005
Recorded2005
StudioElevator Studios, Liverpool
Genre Garage rock, [1] rock and roll [2]
Length42:26
Label Infectious
Producer Ian Broudie
The Subways chronology
Young for Eternity
(2005)
All or Nothing
(2008)
Singles from Young for Eternity
  1. "1 AM"
    Released: October 4, 2004
  2. "Oh Yeah"
    Released: March 21, 2005
  3. "Rock & Roll Queen"
    Released: June 20, 2005
  4. "With You"
    Released: September 12, 2005
  5. "No Goodbyes"
    Released: December 12, 2005
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 (19 reviews) [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME (6/10) [1]
PopMatters (7/10) [5]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Prefix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
BBC (Positive) [7]
The A.V. Club A− [8]
E! B+ [9]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork Media (6.6/10) [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Young for Eternity is the debut studio album by British rock band the Subways. The album was released on 4 July 2005 by City Pavement/Infectious Records. It reached number 32 in the UK charts and was certified gold in January 2007 for shipments of 100,000 units and generated four UK Top 30 singles.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Subways

No.TitleLength
1."I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say"3:24
2."Holiday"1:50
3."Rock & Roll Queen"2:50
4."Mary"2:59
5."Young for Eternity"2:06
6."Lines of Light"2:12
7."Oh Yeah"2:57
8."City Pavement"2:44
9."No Goodbyes"3:30
10."With You"3:00
11."She Sun"3:20
12."Somewhere"4:46
13."At 1 AM"1:51
Total length:42:26
Special edition bonus material
No.TitleLength
14."Oh Yeah" (video) 
15."Rock & Roll Queen" (video) 
16."With You" (video) 
17."No Goodbyes" (video) 
18."The Subways: Live & Loud" (documentary)25:00

Personnel

The Subways

Additional personnel

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