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
With Love and Squalor
With Love and Squalor cover
Studio album by We Are Scientists
Released Flag of France Flag of the United States January 10, 2006
Flag of Australia February 5, 2006
Flag of Japan February 22, 2006
Flag of New Zealand Flag of Europe February 27, 2006
Flag of Germany March 4, 2006
Recorded Spring 2005
Genre Rock Music
Length 36:55
Label Virgin (UK, US)
Producer Ariel Rechtshaid
Professional reviews
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 in 2005 on Virgin Records and charted at #43, with a large cult following which enabled it to after nearly 6 months of release, gain a Gold certification by the BPI in 2006.[1] The album sold an average of 4,166 copies each week before it got the certification. The album title is derived from a J.D. Salinger short story, "For Esme - With Love and Squalor," which was originally published in The New Yorker and subsequently published in Nine Stories, a compilation of Salinger's short stories.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" – 3:12
  2. "This Scene Is Dead" – 3:43
  3. "Inaction" – 2:32
  4. "Can't Lose" – 3:31
  5. "Callbacks" – 2:02
  6. "Cash Cow" – 2:35
  7. "It's a Hit" – 3:26
  8. "The Great Escape" – 3:18
  9. "Textbook" – 4:01
  10. "Lousy Reputation" – 2:35
  11. "Worth the Wait" – 2:43
  12. "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. These songs were also featured on a 3 song CD that was available for purchase during their tour with Hot Hot Heat.

[edit] Notes

Track No. 1, "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" was featured in the CSI: NY episode "Stuck on You", which aired on February 1, 2006.

Track No. 3, "Inaction" was featured in an episode of "The OC" Track No. 5, "Callbacks," was featured in the soundtrack of the Video Game "True Crime: New York City."

Track No. 8, "The Great Escape", was featured on the soundtrack of the video games "Burnout Revenge" and "Burnout Legends."

Track No. 10, "Lousy Reputation", was featured on the soundtrack of the video game "SSX on Tour".

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