Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone

Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Studio album by The Walkmen
Released	March 26, 2002
Recorded	2001
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	50:49
Label	Startime International
Producer	The Walkmen, Greg Talenfeld
The Walkmen chronology
Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone (2002) Bows + Arrows (2004)Bows + Arrows2004

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[2]
Pitchfork Media	8.7/10[3]
The Village Voice	C+[4]

Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone is the debut studio album by the American indie rock band The Walkmen, released on March 26, 2002 on Startime International. The album received generally positive reviews, especially from independent music reviewers. The song "We've Been Had" was featured in commercials for the Saturn Ion.

The cover is a detail of a Lewis W. Hine photograph, called Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 am, May 9, 1910.

Track listing

1. "They're Winning" – 2:06
2. "Wake Up" – 4:13
3. "Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone" – 4:12
4. "Revenge Wears No Wristwatch" – 3:20
5. "The Blizzard of '96" – 3:01
6. "French Vacation" – 4:31
7. "Stop Talking" – 4:07
8. "We've Been Had" – 3:29
9. "Roll Down the Line" – 3:11
10. "That's the Punch Line" – 3:13
11. "It Should Take a While" – 6:22
12. "Rue the Day" – 3:36
13. "I'm Never Bored" – 5:28

Personnel

The Walkmen

• Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitars
• Paul Maroon - guitars, pianos
• Walter Martin - organs, tapes
• Peter Bauer - bass
• Matt Barrick - drums

Additional Personnel

• Kisten McCord, Karen Waltuch, Meredith Yayanos - strings (3)
• Harlem Horns - horns (7)

References