''We Love the City'' is the third album by

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band Hefner. It was released by

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in two formats in 2000, the standard version and a second version with a disc featuring videos for " I Took Her Love for Granted" and " Good Fruit," as well as a

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session. The entire

session was later released as the album ''Maida Vale''. The album was reissued in 2009. The album features vocals on a number of tracks by Amelia Fletcher, who is the vocalist for a number of bands (

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, Heavenly,

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). This was the first Hefner LP to feature

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as a permanent member.

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, lead singer and songwriter, has described ''We Love the City'' as his "favourite Hefner record".Sleeve notes to 2009, 2-CD release of ''We Love the City''.

Track listing

# "We Love the City" # "

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" # " Good Fruit" # "Painting and Kissing" # "Hold Me Closer" # "Don't Go" # "The Greater London Radio" # "As Soon As You're Ready" # "She Can't Sleep No More" # "The Cure for Evil" # "The Day That Thatcher Dies" # "Your Head to Your Toes" The limited edition disc featured a Peel Session with the following songs: # "The Greedy Ugly People" # "The Cure for Evil" # "She Can't Sleep No More" # "The Day That Thatcher Dies"

Track listing (2009 Reissue)

;CD1 # "We Love the City" # "The Greedy Ugly People" # "Good Fruit" # "Painting and Kissing" # "Hold Me Closer" # "Don't Go" # "The Greater London Radio" # "As Soon As You're Ready" # "She Can't Sleep No More" # "The Cure for Evil" # "The Day That Thatcher Dies" # "Your Head to Your Toes" # "Jubilee" (B-side) # "Blackhorse Road" (B-side) # "I Will Make Her Love Me" (B-side) # "Seafaring" (B-side) # "Christian Girls" (Boxing Version) # "We Don't Care What They Say About Us" (B-side) # "The Fear" (B-side) # "The Greedy Ugly People" (

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Remix) ;CD2 # "Lee Remick" (Boxing Version) # "The Hymn for the Things We Didn't Do" (Boxing Version) # "The Hymn for the Coffee" (Boxing Version) # "Seafaring" (Demo) # "Painting and Kissing" (Demo) # "Your Head to Your Toes" (Demo) # "Hold Me Closer" (Demo) # "The Cure for Evil" (Demo) # "Good Fruit" (Demo) # "The Greedy Ugly People" (Demo) # "Hymn for the Telephones" (1st Version) # "Seafaring" (4-Track Demo) # "Lee Remick" (4-Track Demo) # "Painting and Kissing" (Rehearsal Demo) # "China Crisis" (4-Track Demo) # "Good Fruit" (Wisdom of Harry Remix) # "The Greedy Ugly People" (Baxendale Remix) # "Painting and Kissing" (Rob Lord Remix) # "Good Fruit" (Piano Magic Remix)

References

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