El Rey (The Wedding Present album)

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El Rey
El Rey cover
Studio album by The Wedding Present
Released Flag of the United States May 20, 2008
Flag of the United Kingdom May 26, 2008
Recorded January 2008
Genre Indie rock
Label Manifesto Records (US)
Vibrant Records (UK)
Producer Steve Albini, David Gedge
Professional reviews
The Wedding Present chronology
Search for Paradise: Singles 2004-5
(2006)		 El Rey
(2008)
Singles from El Rey
  1. "The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend"
    Released: May 5, 2008

El Rey is the eighth studio album by The Wedding Present. It was released in the US on May 20, 2008 via Manifesto Records, and on May 26, 2008 in the UK via Vibrant Records/Pinnacle Records. The album is the band's first album since 2005's Take Fountain. El Rey was preceded by the first single "The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend" as a digital download only.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Santa Ana Winds" - 3:56
  2. "Spider-Man on Hollywood" - 3:30
  3. "I Lost the Monkey" - 3:50
  4. "Soup" - 3:49
  5. "Palisades" - 3:51
  6. "The Trouble with Men" - 5:22
  7. "Model, Actress, Whatever..." - 3:58
  8. "Don't Take Me Home Until I'm Drunk" - 3:07
  9. "The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend" (Santa Monica and La Brea Version) - 4:34
  10. "Boo Boo" - 6:23
  11. "Swingers" - 3:05
  12. "Back for Good (Exclusive Bonus Track)" - 4:41 - iTunes store only, cover of a Take That track

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