Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever

Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
Studio album by The Cribs
Released 21 May 2007
Recorded The Warehouse, Vancouver
Avatar, New York
Genre Indie Rock, Punk
Length 46:44
Label Wichita Recordings
Warner Bros. Records
Producer Alex Kapranos
The Cribs chronology
The New Fellas
(2005)		 Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
(2007)		 Ignore The Ignorant
(2009)
Singles from Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
  1. "Men's Needs"
    Released: 14 May 2007
  2. "Moving Pictures"
    Released: 30 July 2007
  3. "Don't You Wanna Be Relevant? / Our Bovine Public"
    Released: 15 October 2007
  4. "I'm A Realist"
    Released: 25 February 2008
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Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic link
Drowned In Sound link
NME link
Okayplayer link
Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) link
Playlouder link
Robert Christgau [1]
Rolling Stone link
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Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever is The Cribs' third album, released on 21 May 2007. It reached 13 on the UK Album Charts. Critically acclaimed, it was voted #9 in the annual 'Albums Of The Year' in influential UK music magazine NME, amongst various other end-of-year lists. The single 'Men's Needs' was voted #3 of the year in the same magazine.

The album was produced by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, and features a spoken word collaboration with Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth.

Track listing

  1. "Our Bovine Public" (2'17)
  2. "Girls Like Mystery" (2'51)
  3. "Men's Needs" (3'16)
  4. "Moving Pictures" (3'10)
  5. "I'm a Realist" (3'03)
  6. "Major's Titling Victory" (2'45)
  7. "Women's Needs" (4'34)
  8. "I've Tried Everything" (2'46)
  9. "My Life Flashed Before My Eyes" (3'30)
  10. "Be Safe" (features Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo) (5'55)
  11. "Ancient History" (4'49)
  12. "Shoot The Poets" (3'27)

References

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Cribs". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=5815. 
The Cribs
Albums
The Cribs · The New Fellas · Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever · Ignore the Ignorant
Singles
"Baby Don't Sweat" · "You Were Always The One" · "What About Me" · "Hey Scenesters!" · "Mirror Kissers" · "Martell" · "You're Gonna Lose Us" · "Men's Needs" · "Moving Pictures" · "Don't You Wanna Be Relevant? / Our Bovine Public" · "I'm a Realist" · "Cheat on Me" · "We Share The Same Skies" · "Housewife"
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