''We'll Live and Die in These Towns'' is the debut album of British
indie rock
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band
The Enemy, released on 9 July 2007. It went to number one on its first week of release in the British album charts.
The album reached number 75 in the UK end of year chart selling around 222,000 copies in 2007. In February 2008, it was given
platinum certification
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meaning sales of over 300,000 copies.
A low-quality version of the full album was leaked on 3 July 2007, containing both demo and non-album versions of particular songs.
For the single release of "This Song", it was renamed "This Song Is About You".
The song "Aggro", which appears on the album, is featured in the video game ''
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''.
The songs "
Had Enough" and "
Away from Here" are featured in the 2012 racing video game ''
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''.
Reception
Critical response to ''We'll Live and Die in These Towns'' tended toward the positive. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a
normalized
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rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an
average
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score of 61, based on 11 reviews.
Track listing
#"Aggro" – 3:25
#"
Away from Here" – 3:02
#"Pressure" – 3:18
#"
Had Enough" - 2:39
#"
We'll Live and Die in These Towns" – 3:54
#"
You're Not Alone" – 3:44
#"It's Not OK" – 3:35
#"Technodanceaphobic" – 2:34
#"40 Days and 40 Nights" – 3:36
#"This Song" – 4:25
#"Happy Birthday Jane" – 2:59
Bonus tracks:
#"
Five Years" (
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cover) – 4:31
#"Fear Killed the Youth of our Nation" – 3:31
Writers
All songs are written by The Enemy.
The Enemy: We'll Live and Die in These Towns - credits
''AllMusic
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''. Retrieved 13 April 2014
Signing session
On 9 July, the day of release of the album, the band played a special set at HMV Oxford Street in London and in Coventry.
The album ''We'll Live and Die in These Towns'' went to number one on 15 July.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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2007 debut albums
The Enemy (UK rock band) albums
Warner Records albums
Albums produced by Owen Morris