Let's Get Out of This Country

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Let's Get Out of This Country
Studio album by Camera Obscura
Released June 6, 2006
Genre Indie pop
Length 39:09
Label Merge
Producer Jari Haapalainen
Camera Obscura chronology
Underachievers Please Try Harder
(2004)		 Let's Get Out of This Country
(2006)		 My Maudlin Career
(2009)

Let's Get Out of This Country is the third LP from the indie pop band Camera Obscura.

It was produced by Jari Haapalainen of The Bear Quartet. "Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken" was played over the opening credits of the film P.S. I Love You and Over Her Dead Body.

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Pitchfork Media (7.8/10)[2]
The Guardian 3/5 stars[3]
Playlouder 4/5 stars[4]
PopMatters (7/10)[5]
Slant Magazine 4.5/5 stars[6]

The music online magazine Pitchfork Media placed Let's Get Out of This Country at number 179 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[7]

The indie music magazine Under the Radar ranked the album fourth in its list of the Best Albums of the Decade (2000–2009).[8]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" – 3:49
  2. "Tears for Affairs" – 4:04
  3. "Come Back Margaret" – 3:47
  4. "Dory Previn" – 4:16
  5. "The False Contender" – 3:38
  6. "Let's Get Out of This Country" – 3:21
  7. "Country Mile" – 3:59
  8. "If Looks Could Kill" – 3:29
  9. "I Need All the Friends I Can Get" – 3:18
  10. "Razzle Dazzle Rose" – 5:28

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ^ The Guardian review
  4. ^ Playlouder review
  5. ^ PopMatters review
  6. ^ Slant Magazine review
  7. ^ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7706-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-200-151/3/. Retrieved October 1, 2009. 
  8. ^ Under the Radar, (No. 29/Holiday 2009).
Camera Obscura
Tracyanne Campbell • Carey Lander • Kenny McKeeve • Gavin Dunbar • Lee Thomson
Tim Cronin • Nigel Baillie • John Henderson • Richard Colburn • David Skirving • Lindsay Boyd
Studio albums
Biggest Bluest Hi Fi (2001)  • Underachievers Please Try Harder (2003)  • Let's Get Out of This Country (2006)  • My Maudlin Career (2009)
EPs
Rare UK Bird (1999) Japan only release
Singles
"Park and Ride"  • "Your Sound"  • "Eighties Fan"  • "Teenager"  • "Keep It Clean"  • "I Love My Jean"  • "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken"  • "Let's Get Out of This Country"  • "If Looks Could Kill"  • "Tears for Affairs"  • "French Navy"  • "Honey in the Sun"  • "The Sweetest Thing"  • "The Blizzard" / "Swans"  • "The Nights Are Cold"
Related articles


Stub icon This 2000s indie pop album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Get_Out_of_This_Country&oldid=469215292"
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export
Languages