With Love and Squalor

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studio album
First released:
Oct 17 2005

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With Love and Squalor is the major label debut album from rock band We Are Scientists. It was released in the United Kingdom in 2005 on Virgin Records and charted at #43, with a large cult following which enabled it to after nearly 6 months of release, gain a Gold certification by the BPI in 2006. The album sold an average of 4,166 copies each week before it got the certification. The album title is derived from a J.D. Salinger short story, "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor", which was originally published in The New Yorker and subsequently published in Nine Stories, a compilation of Salinger's short stories.

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Catalog number:
CDVUS 270
Release dates:
  • Jan 10 2006 in United States

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Indie, Dance-punk, Alternative Rock, Pop, Post-punk, Rock. Vote on Genres

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4 stars Unoriginally Good
This is your typical L.A. or Brooklyn sounding hipster band. There have even been comparisons to the Killers with the lead singer singing in a somewhat British accent. Once you get past those distractions (meaning, I'm not a fan of the Killers or bands like them) this is a pretty good album. Very catchy album with hyper-angular guitar licks a-la Bloc Party. Drumming is decent and there are definitely some good sing along parts and catchy hooks. Grant it, some of the lyrics are cheesy and a littl…
Written by Brian Murphy
3 stars With Love and Squalor (Literally)
~www.absolutepunk.net~

At this point, my penchant for dancing is beginning to wear thin.

In 2005 the mainstream saw a surprising emergence of indie bands who, like a snake charmer with his flute, got the toes of American tapping with their modern dance-rock grooves. Ever since, the bass heavy sway, the semi-electronic trill, and the pick-a-minute hook with which The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, and Hot Hot Heat invaded our minds have become a major rock and roll standard. It's been done, done, an…
Written by Garett Press "AbsolutePunk.net Staff"

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With Love and Squalor 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Virgin Records America
catalog number: CDVUS 270
release dates: Oct 17 2005 in United Kingdom
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With Love and Squalor 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Virgin Records US
catalog number: CDVUS 270
release dates: Jan 10 2006
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