We'll Live & Die in These Towns [Import]

The Enemy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 16, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Classics UK
• ASIN: B000RPCDS0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #389,110 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Aggro

2. Away from Here

3. Pressure

4. Had Enough

5. We'll Live and Die in These Towns

6. You're Not Alone

7. It's Not OK

8. Technodanceaphobic

9. 40 Days and 40 Nights

10. This Song

11. Happy Birthday Jane

Editorial Reviews

From Amazon.co.uk Review

The artists formerly known as Bridges (vocalist/guitarist Tom Clarke, sticksman Liam Watts, Andy Hopkins on bass) hail from Coventry, where they once won BBC’s Coventry & Warwickshire’s Band of the Month. Impressive stuff - but not many would have foreseen back then the dizzying pop heights the band would soon achieve; namely a slew of pop savvy tunes ("It’s Not OK"; "Away From Here"; "40 Days & 40 Nights"), a deal with legendary Stiff imprint (home to Elvis Costello and Ian Dury), and -– now -– a triumphant debut album. We’ll Live and Die in These Towns foams with the same youthful vitality that has informed The Enemy’s singles to date, and showcases their key influences: The Stones, The Jam, Oasis among them. The album starts off with the blistering "Aggro," which melds heavy bass riffs and drums with an Oasis-style sing-a-long chorus. Tracks like the chugging "Had Enough" boasts an added catchiness with its doo-wop style backing vocals, while the title track could be considered as something of a Jam tribute. The band veer towards the mediocre with "You're Not Alone" and "Technodanceaphobic," but the stronger material easily overshadows the fillers, making this an accomplished debut. --Danny McKenna

Product Description

Earlier this year, The Enemy UK was
named the Best New Band by NME. The
English group' s debut album had shot
to #1 U.K. in its first week, and four of
the tracks from that balls-out rock
disc, We' ll Live And Die In These
Towns, were Top 25 hits. Now The
Enemy UK and the U.K. platinum
We' ll Live And Die In These Towns
come to America. Get ready to, once
again, surrender to rock. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Polished indie has never sounded better, February 15, 2008

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This review is from: We'll Live & Die in These Towns (Audio CD)

The Enemy were the winners of the Best New Band award at the 2007 Q Awards, and they certainly deserve the title. They sound like a more polished version of bands like Arctic Monkeys and The Pigeon Detectives, which means they will appeal to a much broader audience. They're a kind of band with a little bit for everybody: they have songs with truly meaningful lyrics (the best examples of this: 'You're Not Alone' and 'It's Not Okay'), they have slower songs (like 'Happy Birthday Jane'), and they have the more raw sounding songs that fans of the aforementioned bands Arctic Monkeys and The Pigeon Detectives will enjoy (like 'Technodanceaphobic' and '40 Days and 40 Nights'). This album went almost instantly on my list of favourites when I listened to it, because it was consistently good all the way through, and the 'low points' (like 'Happy Birthday Jane' and 'We'll Live and Die in These Towns,' the album's title track) really weren't all that low- in fact, they were better than most of the songs you hear on the average American radio station. This is a must have for anybody into British indie rock, and for anyone looking to get into it and needs a starting point. It was, in my opinion, one of the best albums of 2007.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album, August 21, 2007

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The Dude Abides "The Dude" (Clayton, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: We'll Live & Die in These Towns (Audio CD)

I really enjoyed this album from the first song on. If you like bands like The Killers, The Bravery, Modest Mouse, and Kings of Leon you should definately give this album a listen to.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BAND, November 27, 2007

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Suzanne N. Wright "SUZANNE" (LA, CA,USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We'll Live & Die in These Towns (Audio CD)

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT BAND! I WISH THEY WOULD COME TO THE USA FOR A TOUR. CLASS LADS!!!