''Do You Like Rock Music?'' is the third album from the

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-based English band,

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, then known as British Sea Power. It was released on 14 January 2008 in the UK and 12 February 2008 in the United States. The album is preceded by the '' Krankenhaus?'' EP, released on digital download on 8 October 2007. It entered the

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at number 10 and the

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at number 37.

Reception

It is one of the few albums to not receive an actual numerical review from ''

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'', instead initially receiving a rating of "

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", with a middling review citing its ambitious nature while stating "''Do You Like Rock Music?'' doesn't fail miserably... but disappoints gently." After a change to their site layout and rating presentation, that rating now appears as 8.2, though the review itself has not changed.

Track listing

Personnel

;Sea Power * Jan Scott Wilkinson ("Yan") – vocals, guitar * Martin Noble ("Noble") – guitar * Neil Hamilton Wilkinson ("Hamilton") – bass, vocals, guitar * Matthew Wood ("Wood") – drums ;Additional musiciansCredits adapted from CD liner notes. *

Abi Fry Abigail Helen Fry (born 1981) is an English violist and Bafta award-winning composer. She plays with various acts including Sea Power, Bat for Lashes, The Flowers of Hell, Sad Season and Euchrid Eucrow. Fry grew up in Ealing, West London and res ...

– viola, string arrangements * Becky Foon – cello, string arrangements, choir (tracks 1 and 12) *

Eamon Hamilton Eamon Hamilton is frontman of Brakes and formerly played keyboards for Sea Power. __TOC__ Biography Eamon Peter Hamilton is the singer and songwriter for the band Brakes, born on 20 August 1975 in Stewart, BC, Canada and raised in Stroud, G ...

– harmonium *

Phil Sumner Phil Sumner is a cornet, keyboard and guitar player for the Kendal/Brighton-based rock band Sea Power originally from Shrewsbury. Previous bands include Brighton/Stroud-based rock band Actress Hands, and appearances on record with Electric Soft Par ...

– cornet *

Graham Sutton Sir Oliver Graham Sutton CBE FRS (4 February 1903 – 26 May 1977) was a Welsh mathematician and meteorologist, notable particularly for theoretical work on atmospheric diffusion, boundary layer turbulence, and for his direction of the UK Mete ...

– additional keys and programming *

Basia Bulat Barbara Josephine Bulat (born April 13, 1984), known as Basia Bulat (), is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. She is known for performing with an autoharp. Early life and education Bulat grew up in Etobicoke, Ontario where her mother was a mu ...

– choir (tracks 1 and 12) * Bobby Bulat – choir (tracks 1 and 12) * Holly Rancher – choir (tracks 1 and 12) *

Howard Bilerman Howard Bilerman (born September 25, 1970) is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer based in Montreal, Quebec.

– choir (tracks 1 and 12) * Jo Israel – choir (tracks 1 and 12) * Laura Kennison – choir (track 4) * Lisa Lindley-Jones – choir (track 4) * Vicky Oag – choir (track 4) * BSP – string arrangements ;Technical personnel *

– mixing (except track 12), production * BSP – recording (tracks 4, 9, 10), production, packaging and photos *

Howard Bilerman Howard Bilerman (born September 25, 1970) is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer based in Montreal, Quebec.

– recording (except tracks 4, 9 and 10) *

Efrim Menuck Efrim Manuel Menuck (; born November 4, 1970) is a Canadian musician involved with a number of Montreal-based bands, most notably Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. Menuck is also a frequent record producer a ...

– recording (except tracks 4, 9 and 10) * Jan Scott Wilkinson ("Yan") – mixing (track 12) * Milos Hajicek – assistant engineering * Laurence Aldridge – assistant engineering * Luke Joyse – assistant engineering * Tim Young – mastering * Stuart Hawkes – mastering * Matthew Wood ("Wood") – packaging and photos * Alison Fielding – packaging and photos * David Taylor – packaging and photos * The Outlying Station – sleeve notes

Chart performance

Release history

References

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