Track Listing 1. Our Bovine Public 2. Girls Like Mystery 3. Men's Needs 4. Moving Pictures 5. I'm a Realist 6. Major's Tilting Victory 7. Women's Needs 8. I've Tried Everything 9. My Life Flashed Before My Eyes 10. Be Safe 11. Ancient History 12. Shoot the Poets
| Details | | Producer: | Alex Kapranos | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes The Cribs: Ryan James Jarman, Gary John Jarman, Ross Anthony Jarman. Additional personnel: Lee Ranaldo. Another band in the long line of British post-punk revivalists, the Cribs join contemporaries like Franz Ferdinand, the Futureheads, and the Kaiser Chiefs in the celebration of choppy, danceable rhythms, and guitars splayed at right angles, all powered by a serious blast of energy and melody. The Cribs major-label debut, MEN'S NEEDS, WOMEN'S NEEDS, WHATEVER (2007), mines this territory effectively, and, while the style may be somewhat played out, the band compensates by turning in a batch of excellent, absurdly catchy tunes that are by turns anthemic ("Our Bovine Public") and streamlined ("I've Tried Everything"). Franz Ferdinand producer Alex Kapranos gives the album its defining sound, wrapping up a pleasurable package of pure post-punk fun.
Editorial Reviews 3.5 stars out of 5 -- [They] craft fun, skinny slacker-punk anthems....[They] infuse their wonderfully titled third album with intriguing departures and a hearty misanthropic streak... Alternative Press
4 stars out of 5 -- [T]heir melodies unfold over time....Finally, the Cribs deliver the tour de force they had in them... Rolling Stone
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