World Record (Lower Than Atlantis album)

World Record
Studio album by Lower Than Atlantis
Released April 25, 2011
Recorded 2011
Genre Alternative rock, post-hardcore
Length 47:05
Label A Wolf at Your Door Records, Sumerian Records
Producer John Mitchell, Ben Humphreys
Lower Than Atlantis chronology

Far Q
(2010)		 World Record
(2011)		 Changing Tune
(2012)
Singles from World Record
  1. "Beech Like the Tree"
    Released: February 14, 2011
  2. "Deadliest Catch"
    Released: April 18, 2011
  3. "(Motor) Way of Life"
    Released: June 20, 2011

World Record is the second studio album by post-hardcore band Lower Than Atlantis. It was recorded at Outhouse Studios in Reading.[1] The songs, "Live by the Remote, Die by the Remote", "Grounded" and "Beside Myself", are bonus tracks. The album comes in a special edition with their previous album Far Q.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Absolute Punk 88%[2]
Allmusic [3]
BBC Favourable[4]
Contactmusic 8/10[5]
Dead Press! 9/10[6]
New Review [7]
Ourzone Magazine 10/10[8]
Punktastic [9]
Rock Sound 8/10[10]
Sputnik Music [11]
Subba-Cultcha 10/10[12]
Ultimate Guitar 9/10[13]
Under the Gun 5/10[14]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mike Duce, all music composed by Lower Than Atlantis.

No. Title Length
1. "(Motor) Way of Life"   3:05
2. "Beech Like the Tree"   2:18
3. "High at Five"   3:59
4. "Uni 9mm"   3:19
5. "Another Sad Song"   4:31
6. "Marilyn's Mansion"   1:34
7. "Deadliest Catch"   3:40
8. "Bug"   1:46
9. "Up in Smoke"   3:04
10. "Could You? Would You?"   3:46
11. "Working for the Man by Day, Stickin' It to the Man by Night"   3:09
12. "R.O.I."   2:51
13. "Live by the Remote, Die by the Remote" (Bonus track) 3:48
14. "Grounded" (Bonus track) 2:36
15. "Beside Myself" (Bonus track) 4:05

Personnel

Lower Than Atlantis
Additional musicians
Production

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Dead Press Top 10 Albums of 2011[15] 2011 2nd
Rock Sound Albums of the Year[16] 2011 3rd
Big Cheese 50 Finest of 2011[17] 2011 49th
Kerrang! Radio DJs' Albums of 2011[18] 2011 *
Metal Hammer Staff Favourites[19] 2011 1st
Ourzone Magazine Albums of the Year 2011[20] 2011 4th

(*) designates unordered lists.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thisisnotascene.com/2011/lower-than-atlantis-new-album-world-record/
  2. ↑ AbsolutePunk Review
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ Raziq Rauf (20 April 2011). "BBC Review". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Contactmusic Review
  6. ↑ Oliver Thompson. "Album: Lower Than Atlantis - World Record". Dead Press!. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  7. ↑ New Review - Review
  8. ↑ Mark McNeill (22 April 2011). "Lower Than Atlantis - World Record (ALBUM) Review". Ourzone magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  9. ↑ Punktastic Review
  10. ↑ Tim Newbound (23 April 2011). Rock Sound Review "Lower Than Atlantis - World Record". Rock Sound magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  11. ↑ Sputnik Review
  12. ↑ Subba Cultcha Review
  13. ↑ Ultimate Guitar Review
  14. ↑ Grace Duffy (29 March 2011). "Review: Lower Than Atlantis - World Record". Under the Gun. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  15. ↑ "Dead Press! - Top 10 Albums Of 2011". Dead Press!. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Album of the Year Countdown: Number 3". Rock Sound magazine. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  17. ↑ Big Cheese magazine - 50 Finest
  18. ↑ "Kerrang Radio - DJs' Albums Of 2011". Kerrang! Magazine. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  19. ↑ "Metal Hammer Staff Favourites". Metal Hammer magazine. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  20. ↑ "Albums of the Year 2011". Ourzone magazine. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.