We Love the City

by Hefner

We Love the City cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 October 2000
  • Label: Too Pure
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 51:32
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Neil Yates, Mark Bandola, Amelia Fletcher, Jack Hayter, Matt Colman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Darren Hayman's poignant and highly literate songwriting takes center stage on this upbeat exploration of urban romance and modern life. 'We Love the City' expands the band's core indie sound by incorporating vibrant brass sections and prominent keyboards. The album is widely regarded as a high point of the era's British indie pop, praised for its witty, deeply observational lyricism.

Genres

Descriptors: literate, witty, lo-fi, acoustic, twee

Tracklist

  1. We Love the City (5:00)
  2. The Greedy Ugly People (4:03)
  3. Good Fruit (3:28)
  4. Painting and Kissing (5:27)
  5. Hold Me Closer (3:46)
  6. Don't Go (4:10)
  7. The Greater London Radio (4:36)
  8. As Soon As You're Ready (3:59)
  9. She Can't Sleep No More (3:56)
  10. The Cure for Evil (4:48)
  11. The Day That Thatcher Dies (3:58)
  12. Your Head to Your Toes (4:16)

Credits

  • Owen Hayter - artwork by [drawing on cd]
  • Andy Ross - flute, saxophone
  • Sean Magee - lacquer cut by
  • Antony Harding - performer, written-by
  • Darren Hayman - performer, written-by
  • John Morrison - performer, written-by
  • Matt Colman - trombone
  • Neil Yates - trumpet, flugelhorn

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