''No Mundane Options'' is

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' second

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, released on 3 November 2008, and released through their own Mama Bear

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Track listing

#"Punk R.I.P." #"What's The Point in Anything New" #"Shame about Elle" #"No Mundane Options" #"Sticky Fingers" #"Molotov Cocktail" #"You & I" #"Plastic Men" #"Stand Down" #"Gangs" #"Heartsong"

Critical reception

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'' gave ''No Mundane Options'' a score of 6/10, saying that the album "finds he Paddingtonsslumping into forgettable filler territory". James Skinner of ''

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'' gave the album a score of 4/10, finding that the Paddingtons "remain depressingly, predictably futile".

References

2008 albums The Paddingtons albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub