Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever

Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
Studio album by The Cribs
Released	21 May 2007
Recorded	The Warehouse, Vancouver Avatar, New York
Genre	Indie Rock, Punk
Length	46:44
Label	Wichita Recordings Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Alex Kapranos
The Cribs chronology
The New Fellas (2005) Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever (2007) Ignore The Ignorant (2009)
Singles from Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
"Men's Needs" Released: 14 May 2007 "Moving Pictures" Released: 30 July 2007 "Don't You Wanna Be Relevant? / Our Bovine Public" Released: 15 October 2007 "I'm A Realist" Released: 25 February 2008

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Drowned In Sound	link
NME	link
Okayplayer	link
Pitchfork Media	(6.7/10) link
Playlouder	link
Robert Christgau	[1]
Rolling Stone	link
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Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever is The Cribs' third album, released on 21 May 2007. It reached 13 on the UK Album Charts. Critically acclaimed, it was voted #9 in the annual 'Albums Of The Year' in influential UK music magazine NME, amongst various other end-of-year lists. The single 'Men's Needs' was voted #3 of the year in the same magazine.

The album was produced by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, and features a spoken word collaboration with Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth.

Track listing

1. "Our Bovine Public" (2'17)
2. "Girls Like Mystery" (2'51)
3. "Men's Needs" (3'16)
4. "Moving Pictures" (3'10)
5. "I'm a Realist" (3'03)
6. "Major's Titling Victory" (2'45)
7. "Women's Needs" (4'34)
8. "I've Tried Everything" (2'46)
9. "My Life Flashed Before My Eyes" (3'30)
10. "Be Safe" (features Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo) (5'55)
11. "Ancient History" (4'49)
12. "Shoot The Poets" (3'27)

References

1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Cribs". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=5815.