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Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will is the seventh studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released in the UK and Europe on 14 February 2011 by Rock Action Records, and in the U.S. on 15 February 2011 by Sub Pop.[1][2]

The album's cover art is a photo of New York City as seen from the Hudson River.[3] The inspiration for the closing track's title, "You're Lionel Richie", comes from what a hungover Stuart Braithwaite said when he ran into the singer at an airport.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Mogwai, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."White Noise"5:04
2."Mexican Grand Prix" (Mogwai, Luke Sutherland)5:18
3."Rano Pano"5:15
4."Death Rays"6:01
5."San Pedro"3:27
6."Letters to the Metro"4:41
7."George Square Thatcher Death Party"4:00
8."How to Be a Werewolf"6:23
9."Too Raging to Cheers"4:30
10."You're Lionel Richie"8:29
Total length:53:08

Bonus Tracks

  • "Slight Domestic" – 5:35 (iTunes US / Japan bonus track)
  • "Hasenheide" – 3:29 (Japan bonus track)

There is a limited edition including a bonus CD featuring a 23:23 minute long piece called "Music for a Forgotten Future (The Singing Mountain)" recorded for an art installation by Douglas Gordon and Olaf Nicolai in Essen, Germany.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
Drowned in Sound8/10[7]
NME8/10[8]
Pitchfork Media6.6/10[9]
PopMatters6/10[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Slant Magazine[12]
Spin7/10[13]

Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will received mostly positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 34 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will album liner notes.[14]

Mogwai

Additional

  • Kate Braithwaite – additional voices
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Antony Crook – photography
  • DLT – design
  • Andrew Lazonby – additional voices
  • Kiko Loiacono – additional voices (10)
  • Niall McMenamin – additional engineer, mixing assistant
  • Paul Savage – engineer, mixing, producer
  • Kim Supajirawatananon – additional voices
  • Luke Sutherland – additional guitar (1, 3); violin (1, 2, 9); human singing (2)

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[15] 78
Austrian Albums Chart[16] 49
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[17] 31
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[18] 39
Dutch Albums Chart[19] 83
French Albums Chart[20] 46
German Albums Chart[21] 27
Irish Albums Chart[22] 25
Scottish Albums Chart[23] 12
Swedish Albums Chart[24] 57
Swiss Albums Chart[25] 45
UK Albums Chart[26] 25
UK Indie Albums Chart[27] 4
US Billboard 200[28] 97
US Alternative Albums[28] 15
US Independent Albums[28] 14
US Rock Albums[28] 25

References

  1. ^ a b "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will". mogwai.co.uk. 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (27 October 2010). "Mogwai Announce New Album". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  3. ^ Stribley, Robert (12 April 2011). "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will". Skyscraper. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  4. ^ Fortunato, John (20 April 2011). "Interview with Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai: Turning Away From The Light". The Aquarian Weekly. Arts Weekly. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will – Mogwai". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  6. ^ Heather Phares. "Allmusic Review". Allmusic.
  7. ^ "DIS review".
  8. ^ Jamie Crossan. "NME review". NME. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  9. ^ Andrew Gaerig. "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Pop Matters review".
  11. ^ Rob Sheffield. "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  12. ^ Matthew Cole. "Slant review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  13. ^ Josh Modell. "Spin review". Spin. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  14. ^ Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (CD liner notes). Mogwai. Rock Action Records. 2011. ROCKACT55CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 28th February 2011" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  16. ^ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in German). IFPI Austria. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  18. ^ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  19. ^ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  20. ^ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  21. ^ "Mogwai, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in German). Media Control. charts.de. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  22. ^ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 17 February 2011". Irish Recorded Music Association. Chart-Track. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  23. ^ "2012 Top 40 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  24. ^ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will". Swedish Recording Industry Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  25. ^ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  26. ^ "2011 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  27. ^ "2011Top 40 Independent Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  28. ^ a b c d "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will – Mogwai". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
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