With Love and Squalor

Infobox Album | Name = With Love and Squalor
Type = Album
Artist = We Are Scientists


Released = flagicon|FRA flagicon|USA January 10 2006 flagicon|AUS February 5 2006 flagicon|JPN February 22 2006 flagicon|NZL flagicon|EUR February 27 2006 flagicon|GER March 4 2006
Recorded = Spring 2005
Genre = Rock music
Length = 36:55
Label = Virgin (UK, US)
Producer = Ariel Rechtshaid
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:t69fs33ra39g link]
*"Blender" Rating|3|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3689 link]
*Drowned in Sound (8/10) [http://drownedinsound.com/release/view/4254 link]
*"NME" (7/10) [http://nme.com/reviews/we-are-scientists/7800 link]
*Pitchfork (6.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/23302/We_Are_Scientists_With_Love_and_Squalor 13 Oct 05]
*PopMatters (7/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/w/wearescientists-withlove.shtml 9 Jan 06]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/9052192/with_love_and_squalor 12 Jan 06]
Last album = "The Great Escape" (2005)
This album = "With Love and Squalor" (2005)
Next album = "Crap Attack (2006)" |

"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. [http://www.bpi.co.uk] 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.

Track listing

# "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" – 3:12
# "This Scene Is Dead" – 3:43
# "Inaction" – 2:32
# "Can't Lose" – 3:31
# "Callbacks" – 2:02
# "Cash Cow" – 2:35
# "It's a Hit" – 3:26
# "The Great Escape" – 3:18
# "Textbook" – 4:01
# "Lousy Reputation" – 2:35
# "Worth the Wait" – 2:43
# "What's the Word" – 3:17

There is also a 12" vinyl edition with two extra songs, "History Repeats" and "Mucho Mas"; these were both later released on "Crap Attack". These songs were also featured on a 3 song CD that was available for purchase during their tour with Hot Hot Heat.

Notes

Track No. 1, "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt", was featured in the "" episode "Stuck on You", which aired on February 1 2006.

Track No. 3, "Inaction", was featured in an episode of "The OC".

Track No. 5, "Callbacks", was featured in the soundtrack of the video game "".

Track No. 8, "The Great Escape", was featured on the soundtrack of the video games "Burnout Revenge" and "Burnout Legends".

Track No. 10, "Lousy Reputation", was featured on the soundtrack of the video game "SSX on Tour".