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Young for Eternity
Studio album by
Released4 July 2005
Recorded2005
Studio Elevator Studios, Liverpool
Genre Garage rock, [1] rock and roll [2]
Length42:26
Label Infectious
Producer Ian Broudie
The Subways chronology
Young for Eternity
(2005)
All or Nothing
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100 (19 reviews) [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian [4]
NME(6/10) [1]
PopMatters(7/10) [5]
Allmusic [2]
Prefix [6]
BBC(Positive) [7]
The A.V. ClubA− [8]
E!B+ [9]
Slant [10]
Pitchfork Media(6.6/10) [11]
Rolling Stone [12]

Young for Eternity is the debut studio album by British rock band the Subways. The album was released on 4 July 2005 by City Pavement/Infectious Records. It reached number 32 in the UK charts and was certified gold in January 2007 for shipments of 100,000 units and generated four UK Top 30 singles.

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Subways

No.TitleLength
1."I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say"3:24
2."Holiday"1:50
3." Rock & Roll Queen"2:50
4."Mary"2:59
5."Young for Eternity"2:06
6."Lines of Light"2:12
7." Oh Yeah"2:57
8."City Pavement"2:44
9." No Goodbyes"3:30
10." With You"3:00
11."She Sun"3:20
12."Somewhere"4:46
13."At 1 AM"1:51
Total length:42:26

Personnel

  • The Subways – Music on all Tracks
  • Billy Lunn – Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics on all Tracks
  • Charlotte Cooper – Bass, Vocals
  • Josh Morgan – Drums
  • Ian Broudie – Producer, Mixing
  • Jon Gray – Engineer, Mixing
  • Stuart Nicholls – Photography
  • Sarh Foley – Sleeve Design
  • Stage Three Music LTD. – Publishing

German Special Edition CD (released 2006)

This special edition – distributed through Warner Music Group Germany (Infectious Records | 2564 63722-2) – has a white artwork. Instead of the missing Hidden Track it features a special enhanced part:

  • Oh Yeah (Video)
  • Rock & Roll Queen (Video)
  • With You (Video)
  • No Goodbyes (Video)
  • The Subways: Live & Loud (Documentary; 25 minutes)

Album singles

Single information
"1am"
  • Released: 4 October 2004
  • B-side: "You Got Me"
" Oh Yeah"
  • Released: 21 March 2005
  • B-side: Take Me Away
" Rock & Roll Queen"
  • Released: 20 June 2005
  • B-side: Automatic
" With You"
  • Released: 12 September 2005
  • B-side: A Plain Above
" No Goodbyes"
  • Released: 12 December 2005
  • B-side: Road To Nowhere

Album chart positions

Year Album Chart positions
Top Heatseekers
2006 Young For Eternity 15

References

  1. ^ a b "The Subways: Young For Eternity". NME.
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Young for Eternity at AllMusic
  3. ^ "The Subways – Young For Eternity". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 16 February 2006.
  4. ^ Simpson, Dave (1 July 2005). "The Subways, Young for Eternity". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. ^ "PopMatters review".
  6. ^ cpacifico. "The Subways - Young For Eternity Album Review - Prefixmag.com".
  7. ^ "BBC review".
  8. ^ "The A.V. Club review". The A.V. Club.
  9. ^ "E! review". Archived from the original on 12 October 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2006.
  10. ^ "Music Archives". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 September 2006.
  11. ^ "The Subways: Young for Eternity Album Review – Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
  12. ^ Greene, Andy (6 February 2006). "The Subways – Young for Eternity". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 8 February 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2017.{{ cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)