Mogwai / Come On Die Young
Artist Mogwai
Album Title: Come On Die Young
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Art Rock
Format CD
Released 04/06/1999
Label Matador Records
Catalog No OLE 365-2
Bar Code No 7 44861 03652 4
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Punk Rock (2:08)
2. Cody (6:33)
3. Helps Both Ways (4:53)
4. Year 2000... (3:25)
5. Kappa (4:52)
6. Waltz For Aidan (3:44)
7. May Nothing But Happiness... (8:29)
8. Oh! How The Dogs Stack Up (2:03)
9. Ex-Cowboy (9:09)
10. Chocky (9:23)
11. Christmas Steps (10:39)
12. Punk Rock/Puff Daddy/An Chris (2:14)
Date Acquired 04/20/1999
Personal Rating
Acquired from Let It Be
Purchase Price 15.00

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Notes

Design [Cover] – Adam Piggot
Instruments [Various Throughout] – Dave Fridmann
Music By – Barry Burns, Dominic Aitchison, John Cummings, Martin Bulloch, Stuart Braithwaite
Photography By [License Plate] – Alan Dimmick
Photography By [Oil Rig] – Hugh Aitchison
Photography By [Other], Songwriter – Mogwai
Photography By [Stadium, Crowd & Mausoleum] – Paul Savage
Producer, Engineer, Mixed By – Dave Fridmann
Recorded By – Geoff Allan (tracks: 2, 11)
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Matador Records
Copyright (c) – Matador Records
Copyright (c) – Chemikal Underground
Licensed From – Chemikal Underground Ltd.
Published By – Chrysalis Music
Recorded At – Tarbox Road Studios
Recorded At – Cava Studios
Manufactured By – EMI
Glass Mastered At – EMI MFG.
©℗ 1999 Matador Records
Printed on CD: Manufactured by EMI 7 44861 03652 4
Barcode: 7 44861 03652 4
Matrix / Runout: MASTERED BY EMI MFG 744861036524
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L043
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DR              Peak         RMS             Duration Track
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DR10      -3.45 dB   -16.00 dB       2:09 01-Punk Rock:
DR8        -1.60 dB   -12.96 dB       6:33 02-Cody
DR8        -0.60 dB   -12.14 dB       4:53 03-Helps Both Ways
DR9        -0.60 dB   -11.41 dB       3:26 04-Year 2000 Non-Compliant Cardia
DR8        -1.32 dB   -13.34 dB       4:53 05-Kappa
DR9        -1.29 dB   -14.88 dB       3:44 06-Waltz for Aidan
DR8        -0.60 dB   -12.67 dB       8:30 07-May Nothing but Happiness Come Through Your Door
DR14      -3.32 dB   -21.93 dB       2:04 08-Oh! How the Dogs Stack Up
DR6        -1.60 dB   -12.17 dB       9:09 09-Ex-Cowboy
DR8        -0.60 dB   -13.12 dB       9:23 10-Chocky
DR8        -0.60 dB   -14.23 dB     10:39 11-Christmas Steps
DR11      -2.75 dB   -18.17 dB       2:14 12-Punk Rock/Puff Daddy/ANtICHRISt
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 548 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews
This guy doesn't get it at all. -aa

AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine:

"Too much, too soon" is a tattered rock & roll cliché, but it continues to tell the tale of many young bands, such as Glasgow's acclaimed post-rock collective Mogwai. Usually, the phrase is hauled out to describe an intoxicated downward spiral by bands that had too much success all at once, but Mogwai suffered too much praise -- too many accolades from critics, too much reverence from underground hipsters. The singles compilation Ten Rapid and the debut Young Team deserved all the acclaim they earned, but a funny thing happened while Mogwai was recording their much-anticipated second album, ironically titled Come on Die Young -- the band went stale, producing a lethargic trawl through post-Slint and Sonic Youth territory. Where their free-form noise improvisations were utterly enthralling on their earlier records, the ebb and flow is entirely too familiar throughout Come on Die Young, largely because they follow the same pattern on each song. And each cut blends into the next, creating the impression of one endless track that teeters between deliberately dreamy crawls and random bursts of noise. Granted, that was the blueprint for Young Team, but there is little dynamism anywhere on Come on Die Young. Mogwai repeat the same riffs with the same inflection, never pushing themselves toward new sonic territory, yet never hitting a mesmerizing trance. It feels like a degraded photocopy of their earlier records -- it's possible to discern the initial spark that made them fascinating, but this current incarnation is too smudged and muddy to hold attention on its own terms. Perhaps Come on Die Young wouldn't have seemed as disappointing if it hadn't arrived on the wave of hype and expectation, but the truth is, it pales in comparison to their own work.
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