Underachievers Please Try Harder

by Camera Obscura

Underachievers Please Try Harder cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 September 2003
  • Label: Elefant
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 43:53
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Willie Gamble, Geoff Allan, Kenny McKeeve, Tracyanne Campbell, Lee Thomson, Nigel Baillie, Iain White, John Henderson, Americo Alhucena, Gavin Dunbar

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, the Scottish indie-pop ensemble refined their wistful, retro-leaning sound on this sophomore record. Lush strings and chiming guitars perfectly frame Tracyanne Campbell's bittersweet vocal deliveries and romantic melancholy.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, female-vocals, jangly, twee, nostalgia

Tracklist

  1. Suspended From Class (3:46)
  2. Keep It Clean (3:16)
  3. A Sisters Social Agony (3:59)
  4. Teenager (3:40)
  5. Before You Cry (2:59)
  6. Your Picture (3:08)
  7. Number One Son (4:07)
  8. Let Me Go Home (3:35)
  9. Books Written For Girls (5:13)
  10. Knee Deep At The National Pop League (5:10)
  11. Lunar Sea (4:56)

Credits

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