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Things Are What They Used To Be is the third full-length studio album by British alternative rock / electronica band Zoot Woman. The album spawned five singles, videos were created for "We Won't Break", "Memory" and "Saturation".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Adam Blake, Johnny Blake, and Stuart Price, except "Lonely By Your Side" written by Johnny Blake, Ingo Martens, Andre Winter and Sven Schumacher.

Things Are What They Used To Be
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Just A Friend Of Mine"
3:09
2."Lonely By Your Side"
3:24
3."More Than Ever"
3:26
4."Saturation"
6:11
5."Take You Higher"
3:17
6."Witness"
3:34
7."Lust Forever"
2:46
8."Memory"
3:28
9."We Won't Break"
3:03
10."Things Are What They Used To Be"
4:15
11."Blue Sea"
3:34
12."Live In My Head"
4:05
Total length:42:52
Things Are What They Used To Be — iTunes edition (bonus track)
No.Title{{{extra_column}}}Length
13."Things Are What They Used To Be (Desire Mix)"
4:07


Personnel

  • All tracks written and produced by Adam Blake, Johnny Blake and Stuart Price, except "Lonely By Your Side" written by Johnny Blake, Ingo Martens, Andre Winter and Sven Schumacher.
  • Design and art direction: Haberdasherylondon
  • Additional layout: Jon Matthews
  • Image concept and photography: Matthias Krause and Norman Perke

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC Music(mixed) [1]
The Guardian [2]
The Quietus(favourable) [3]
Clash (magazine) [4]

Things Are What They Used To Be was met with positive, yet mixed reviews. While Neil Condron from Clash magazine argued that "they've reworked their own template," others claimed the exact opposite, for example Tom Hocknell from BBC Music, who said that their music "remains platitudinal electro."

References

[5]

  1. ^ BBC Music Review
  2. ^ The Guardian Review
  3. ^ The Quietus Review
  4. ^ Clash Magazine Review
  5. ^ "'Things Are What They Used To Be' in Discogs".
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