Man Alive (Everything Everything album)

Man Alive
Studio album by Everything Everything
Released	27 August 2010
Recorded	2009-2010
Genre	Art rock, indie rock
Length	52:04
Label	Geffen
Producer	David Kosten
Everything Everything chronology
– Man Alive (2010) –
Singles from Man Alive
"Suffragette Suffragette" Released: 1 December 2008 "Photoshop Handsome" Released: 25 May 2009 "MY KZ, UR BF" Released: 5 October 2009 "Schoolin'" Released: 14 June 2010 "MY KZ, UR BF (reissue)" Released: 23 August 2010 "Photoshop Handsome (reissue)" Released: 17 January 2011 "Final Form" Released: 4 April 2011

Man Alive is the debut album by British band Everything Everything. It was released on 27 August 2010 as a CD single, digital download and vinyl. On 5 September 2010, the album debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 17. British magazine The Fly declared it the 5th best album of 2010, while NME placed it at no. 43.

The album has received an Ivor Novello Award nomination for "Best Album", and the single "MY KZ, UR BF" received a nomination for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically". The album was also nominated to win the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC	(very positive)[2]
Drowned in Sound	[3]
NME	[4]
The Fly Magazine	[5]
Pitchfork Media	[6]
musicOMH	[7]
The Guardian	[8]
Culture Deluxe	(very positive)[9]

Reviews of Man Alive have been generally positive, ranging from very positive reviews to negative reviews, with few reviewers giving average scores. According to review aggregator, AnyDecentMusic?, the album received an average of 7.3 out of 10, based on twenty-one critiques. Another review aggregator, Metacritic, gave the album an average of 72 out 100, based on eight critiques.

Track listing

All tracks written by Higgs, Pritchard and Spearman. Additional writers are present in the writer(s) column below.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Kz, Ur Bf"	Niven	3:37
2.	"Qwerty Finger"	Robertshaw and Niven	3:53
3.	"Schoolin'"	Robertshaw	4:40
4.	"Leave the Engine Room"	Robertshaw	3:09
5.	"Final Form"	Robertshaw	5:28
6.	"Photoshop Handsome"	Robertshaw and Niven	3:19
7.	"Two for Nero"	Robertshaw	4:22
8.	"Suffragette Suffragette"	Robertshaw and Niven	4:06
9.	"Come Alive Diana"	Robertshaw	4:15
10.	"NASA Is on Your Side"	Robertshaw and Niven	5:06
11.	"Tin (The Manhole)"	Robertshaw	4:29
12.	"Weights"	Robertshaw and Niven	5:40

iTunes Bonus Track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Hiawatha Doomed"	3:25

Personnel

• Jonathan Higgs - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Laptop
• Jeremy Pritchard Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
• Alex Robertshaw Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
• Michael Spearman Drums, Backing Vocals

• Alex Niven - Guitar, Backing Vocals - My Kz, Ur Bf and Nasa Is On Your Side
• Matt Roberts - Trumpet - Come Alive Diana
• Charles Robertshaw - Saxophone - Schoolin'

Release history

Region	Date	Format
Ireland[10]	27 August 2010	Digital download
United Kingdom[11]

References

1. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/man-alive
2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/g94z
3. ^ http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15630/reviews/4140910
4. ^ http://www.nme.com/reviews/everything-everything--3/11525
5. ^ http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/reviews/album-reviews/8414/album-review:-everything-everything
6. ^ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14611-man-alive/
7. ^ http://www.musicomh.com/albums/everything-everything_0810.htm
8. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/aug/26/everything-everything-man-alive-cd-review
9. ^ http://www.culturedeluxe.com/2010/09/everything-everything-man-alive/
10. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/man-alive/id382837860
11. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/man-alive/id382837860