The Others | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 31 January 2005 | |||
Length | 44:44 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
The Others chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 52/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Drowned in Sound | 6/10 [3] |
The Guardian | [4] |
Playlouder | [5] |
Stylus Magazine | F [6] |
The Others is the self-titled debut studio album by English band The Others. The album was released on 31 January 2005 in the UK on Mercury Records. In 2010, Q included the album in their list "The Fifty Worst Albums Ever!" [7]
The Others was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 52 based on 9 reviews. [1]
In a review for AllMusic, Jason Damas wrote: "The Others' eponymous debut borrows from the sneering, dingy punk rock of the Sex Pistols, but slowed down and delivered more menacingly while opting for a scathing, unpretentious, and populist take on nu-new wave." Damas went on to say the tracks sound "unnecessarily limp and under-written, rendering the entire affair a mere display of this band's potential." [2]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | " Lackey" | 3:31 |
2. | "In the Background" | 2:51 |
3. | " William" | 3:15 |
4. | "Almanac" | 2:56 |
5. | "How I Nearly Lost You" | 3:43 |
6. | " Stan Bowles" | 3:14 |
7. | "Community 853" | 3:39 |
8. | "Psychovision" | 3:43 |
9. | "Johan" | 4:53 |
10. | "Southern Glow" | 3:35 |
11. | " This Is for the Poor" | 4:23 |
12. | "Darren Daniel David" | 4:57 |
Total length: | 44:44 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Boy Is a Girl" | |
14. | "King Prawn" |
Four singles were released from The Others, all of which charted on the UK Singles Chart. [9]
Single | Release date | Chart peak |
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" This Is for the Poor" | 17 May 2004 | 42 |
" Stan Bowles" | 18 October 2004 | 36 |
" Lackey" | 17 January 2005 | 21 |
" William" | 4 April 2005 | 29 |
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Scottish Albums ( OCC) [10] | 41 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [11] | 51 |