With Love and Squalor

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This article is about the album. For the short story see For Esmé with Love and Squalor

Professional reviews
With Love and Squalor

Studio album by We Are Scientists
Released	October 17, 2005 (UK) January 10, 2006 (US)
Recorded	Spring 2005
Genre	Indie Rock
Length	36:55
Label	Virgin (UK, US)
Producer(s)	Ariel Rechtshaid
All Music Guide link Being There link NME (7/10) link The Music Box Jan 2006 Pitchfork (6.7/10) 13 Oct 05 PopMatters (7/10) 9 Jan 06 Rolling Stone 12 Jan 06
We Are Scientists chronology
"The Great Escape" (2005)	With Love and Squalor (2005)	Crap Attack (2006)

With Love and Squalor is the major label debut album from rock band We Are Scientists. It was released in the United Kingdom 2005 on Virgin Records and charted at #43.

It was certified Gold by the BPI in 2006.[1]

[edit] Track listing

"Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" – 3:12
"This Scene Is Dead" – 3:43
"Inaction" – 2:32
"Can't Lose" – 3:31
"Callbacks" – 2:02
"Cash Cow" – 2:35
"It's a Hit" – 3:26
"The Great Escape" – 3:18
"Textbook" – 4:01
"Lousy Reputation" – 2:35
"Worth the Wait" – 2:43
"What's the Word" – 3:17

There is also a 12" vinyl edition with two extra songs, "History Repeats" and "Mucho Mas"; these were both later released on Crap Attack.

[edit] Album Art

The artist that We Are Scientists hired for the album cover quit the day it was due. Six months prior, a friend had taken in a stray cat. Michael Tapper, the drummer for We Are Scientists, offered to take care of the animal for two weeks. It happened to be pregnant, unbeknown to Michael, and had kittens under his bed. The kittens stayed in his apartment for nearly two months. Before giving them away, the band decided to take pictures of themselves with the kittens. They ended up using these pictures for the album cover and sleeve notes.