The State of Things (2007 album)

Infobox Album | Name = The State of Things
Type = Album
Artist = Reverend and The Makers


Released = September 17, 2007
Recorded = 2006-2007 Sheffield UK
Genre = Indie Funk Electro
Label = Wall of Sound | Wall of Sound (record label)
Last album =
This album = "The State of Things" (2007)
Next album = "TBC"
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nfqxzegld6e link]
* "Drowned In Sound" (4/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2414544 link]
* "The Guardian" Rating|4|5 [http://music.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,2168276,00.html link]
* stv.tv Rating|3|5 [http://www.stv.tv/content/out/music/album_reviews/display.html?id=opencms:/out/music/album_reviews/Reverend_and_the_Makersxbrx_The_State_Of_Things link]
* "Uncut" Rating|3|5 [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/reverend_and_the_makers/reviews/10267 link] | Next album = |

The State of Things is the debut album from Sheffield indie band Reverend and The Makers. The album reached number 5 in the UK album charts selling just over 25,000 copies in its first week. [ [http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=50839 Board Message ] ]

Track listing

* All songs (co-)written by Jon McClure. Co-writers credited by their respective songs.

# "The State of Things" – 3:01 (Hampton)
# "The Machine" – 3:50 (Turner)
#* Additional vocals by Alex Turner
# "Heavyweight Champion of the World" – 3:25 (Cosens/Smyth)
#* Additional congas by Bert 'Bongo Bert' Rogers
# "Bandits" – 2:37 (Rowley/Smyth)
#* Additional vocals by Tim Hampton and James O'Hara
# "Open Your Window" – 4:03 (Cosens/Smyth)
#* Additional vocals by Steve Edwards, additional guitar by Alan Smyth
# "Sex with the Ex" – 4:07
#* Additional guitar by Alex Turner
# "18-30" – 3:15 (Cosens)
# "He Said He Loved Me" – 2:54 (Turner/Smyth)
#* Chewing by Alan Smyth (this credit is mistakenly placed at "Sex with the Ex" in the album booklet)
# "What the Milkman Saw" – 2:56 (Cosens/Smyth)
# "Sundown on the Empire" – 4:00 (Cosens)
#* Recorder by Tia Coakley
# "Miss Brown" – 3:27 (Rowley)
#* Additional vocals by Steve Edwards
# "Armchair Detective" – 4:13 (Turner/Smyth)
#* Additional vocals by Mike Hughes, violin by Stephen Rocheford

Singles

* Heavyweight Champion of the World
* He Said He Loved Me
* Open Your Window

References