Do You Like Rock Music?

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Do You Like Rock Music?
British Sea Power Rock Music.jpg
Studio album by
Released14 January 2008 (2008-01-14)
Genre Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length54:37
Label Rough Trade
Producer BSP & Graham Sutton
British Sea Power chronology
Open Season
(2005)
Do You Like Rock Music?
(2008)
Man of Aran
(2009)

Do You Like Rock Music? is the third album from the Brighton-based English band, Sea Power, then known as "British Sea Power". It was released on 14 January 2008 in the UK and 12 February 2008 in the United States. The album is preceded by the Krankenhaus? EP, released on digital download on 8 October 2007.

Contents

It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 10 and the Irish Albums Chart at number 37.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The A.V. Club A− [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 7/10 [7]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

It is one of the few albums to not receive an actual numerical review from Pitchfork , instead initially receiving a rating of "U.2", with a middling review citing its ambitious nature while stating "Do You Like Rock Music? doesn't fail miserably... but disappoints gently." After a change to their site layout and rating presentation, that rating now appears as 8.2, though the review itself has not changed. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All in It"Yan/BSP2:11
2."Lights Out for Darker Skies"Yan/BSP6:36
3."No Lucifer"Hamilton/BSP3:27
4."Waving Flags"Noble/Yan/BSP4:07
5."Canvey Island"Yan/BSP3:41
6."Down on the Ground"Hamilton/BSP4:23
7."A Trip Out"Hamilton/Wood/BSP3:16
8."The Great Skua"Noble/BSP4:35
9."Atom"Yan/BSP5:38
10."No Need to Cry"Hamilton/BSP3:43
11."Open the Door"Hamilton/BSP4:56
12."We Close Our Eyes"Yan/BSP8:04

Personnel

Sea Power

Chart performance

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 97
Irish Albums (IRMA) [14] 37
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 10
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [16] 5

Release history

RegionDate
United Kingdom14 January 2008
Australia9 February 2008
United States12 February 2008

References

  1. "Reviews for Do You Like Rock Music? by British Sea Power". Metacritic . Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. Monger, James Christopher. "Do You Like Rock Music? – British Sea Power". AllMusic . Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. O'Neal, Sean (11 February 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. Greenblatt, Leah (8 February 2008). "Do You Like Rock Music?". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. Petridis, Alexis (11 January 2008). "British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?". The Guardian . Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  6. "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Mojo . No. 171. February 2008. p. 100.
  7. Nicolson, Barry (18 January 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". NME . Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 Deusner, Stephen M. (12 February 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Pitchfork . Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  9. "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Q . No. 259. February 2008. p. 94.
  10. Wilson, MacKenzie (February 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Spin . Vol. 24, no. 2. p. 92. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  11. Paphides, Pete (4 January 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". The Times . Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  12. 1 2 Credits adapted from CD liner notes.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  14. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 4, 2008". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  16. "British Sea Power Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2014.