Hats Off to the Buskers

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Hats Off to the Buskers is the debut album by Scottish band The View. It was released on 22 January 2007 on 1965 Records. It was reported on the band's official forum that the album had leaked to various internet sites in mid December 2006. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at #1 on 28 January 2007. The album charted at #45 in the UK end of year album chart, after selling around 319,000 copies in 2007. The album has been certified platinum. [1]

The song "Wasteland" is also the background music for the Nike "Show Us Your 5" advertisement.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Gigwise[3]
NME(8/10)[4]
Sunday Times[5]
The Times[6]
Pitchfork Media(6.2/10)[7]

Initial critical response to Hats Off to the Buskers was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75, based on 17 reviews.[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Kyle Falconer.

  1. "Comin' Down" – 2:57
  2. "Superstar Tradesman" – 3:13
  3. "Same Jeans" – 3:33
  4. "Don't Tell Me" – 3:22
  5. "Skag Trendy" – 3:00
  6. "The Don" – 3:09
  7. "Face for the Radio" – 3:18
  8. "Wasted Little DJs" – 3:57
  9. "Gran's for Tea" – 2:33
  10. "Dance Into the Night" – 3:05
  11. "Claudia" – 2:40
  12. "Street Lights" – 2:57
  13. "Wasteland" – 2:26
  14. "Typical Time" – 0:35

US release w/ bonus tracks:

  1. "Posh Boys"
  2. "Skag Trendy" (live at Abertay University, Dundee)
  3. "Same Jeans" (live at the Astoria, London)

Credits

  • Kyle Falconer - Vocals, Guitar, Piano
  • Kieren Webster - Vocals and Bass
  • Pete Reilly - Lead Guitar
  • Steven Morrison - Drums

Chart performance

Chart Providers Peak
The Official UK Album Chart BPI / The Official UK Charts Company 1
Irish Albums Chart IRMA 3

References

  1. ^ "The View From the Top". Daily Record. 26 January 2007.
  2. ^ "Allmusic review".
  3. ^ "Gigwise review".
  4. ^ "NME review".
  5. ^ Edwards, Mark (21 January 2007). "Sunday Times review". The Times. London.
  6. ^ Watson, Roland; Elliott, Francis; Coates, Sam. "The Times review". London.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Pitchfork Media review".
  8. ^ "The View:Hats Off To The Buskers (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
Preceded by UK number one album
28 January 2007 – 3 February 2007 		Succeeded by
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