| We'll Live and Die in These Towns | ||||||||||
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| Studio album by The Enemy | ||||||||||
| Released | 9 July 2007 | |||||||||
| Genre | Indie rock, Punk rock | |||||||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||||||||
| Producer | Barny, Owen Morris, Matt Terry | |||||||||
| The Enemy chronology | ||||||||||
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We'll Live And Die In These Towns is the debut album of British band The Enemy, released on 9 July 2007. It went to number #1 on its first week of release in the British album charts. It peaked at #34 on the World Album Chart.
The album reached #75 in the UK end of year chart selling around 222,000 copies in 2007. In February 2008 it was given platinum certification meaning sales of over 300,000 copies.
A low-quality version of the full album was leaked on 3 July, containing both demo and non-album versions of particular songs.
For the single release of "This Song" it was renamed "This Song Is About You".
The song "Aggro" is featured in the game Guitar Hero World Tour.
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Drowned in Sound | (4/10)[2] |
| Gigwise.com | [3] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
| NME | (8/10)[5] |
| Uncut | [6] |
| Yahoo! Music UK | (6/10)[7] |
| Stereology | (8/10)[8] |
Initial critical response to We'll Live and Die in These Towns was very mixed. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 61, based on 11 reviews.[9]
Bonus tracks:
On 9 July, the day of release of the album, the band played a special set at HMV Oxford Street in London and in Coventry.
The album 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' went to number 1 on 15 July.
| Preceded by We Are the Night by The Chemical Brothers |
UK number one album 15 July 2007 - 22 July 2007 |
Succeeded by One Chance by Paul Potts |
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