- Hats Off to the Buskers
Infobox Album | Name = Hats Off to the Buskers
Type = Studio album
Artist = The View
Released = |
Recorded = 2006
Genre =Indie rock Post-punk
Length =
Label = [http://www.1965records.com 1965 Records]
Producer = The ViewOwen Morris
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxfixqyrldte link]
*Gigwise Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=26934 link]
*NME (8/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-view/8122 link]
*Sunday Times Rating|4|5 [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2551398,00.html link]
*The Times Rating|3|5 [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14932-2553799.html link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/41241-hats-off-to-the-buskers link]"Hats Off to the Buskers" is the Mercury Music Prize-nominated debut album by Scottish band The View. It was released on
January 22 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 theUK Albums Chart at #1 onJanuary 28 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. [cite news| url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=view-from-the-top-&method=full&objectid=18532918&siteid=66633-name_page.html| publisher=Daily Record|title=The View From the Top.|date=26 January 2007]Track listing
All songs written by Falconer/Webster
# "Comin' Down" – 2:57
# "Superstar Tradesman " – 3:13
# "Same Jeans " – 3:33
# "Don't Tell Me" – 3:22
# "Skag Trendy" – 3:00
# "The Don" – 3:09
# "Face for the Radio " – 3:18
# "Wasted Little DJs " – 3:57
# "Gran's for Tea" – 2:33
# "Dance Into the Night" – 3:05
# "Claudia" – 2:40
# "Street Lights" – 2:57
# "Wasteland" – 2:26
# "Typical Time" – 0:35Credits
* Kyle Falconer - Vocals and guitar
* Kieren Webster - Vocals and Bass
* Pete Reilly - Lead Guitar
* Steven Morrison - DrumsChart performance
References
###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
before = "Back to Black " byAmy Winehouse
title = UK number one album
years =January 28 2007 –February 3 2007
after = "Not Too Late " byNorah Jones
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