The Wombats Proudly Present A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation rock band the Wombats . It was released by 14th Floor Records on 5 November 2007.[ 2] Girls, Boys and Marsupials South by Southwest festival, along with music videos from their recent singles.
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation Released 5 November 2007 Recorded Rockfield Studios, Monmouth , Wales Electric Lady Studios , New York City , United States London , England RAK Studios , London , England Genre Indie rock , post-punk , new wave Length 44 :24 Label 14th Floor Producer Stephen Harris , The Wombats, Jimmy Robertson
The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios and reached No. 11 in the UK Albums Chart . It contains a pregap before the first track, which contains the band attempting to make wine glasses "ring" and extolling the virtues of the French wine Beaujolais , ending with them performing a mock advert for Beaujolais. The album had sold 335,361 copies in the UK as of April 2015.[ 12]
All lyrics are written by Matthew Murphy , except where noted; all music is composed by The Wombats, except where noted
Title 1. "Tales of Girls, Boys & Marsupials" (lyrics by The Wombats) 1:10 2. "Kill the Director " 2:42 3. "Moving to New York " 3:31 4. "Lost in the Post" 3:06 5. "Party in a Forest (Where's Laura?)" 3:27 6. "School Uniforms" 3:14 7. "Here Comes the Anxiety" 2:31 8. "Let's Dance to Joy Division " 3:11 9. "Backfire at the Disco " 3:13 10. "Little Miss Pipedream" 4:12 11. "Dr. Suzanne Mattox PhD" (includes elements from the chorus of "Help Me, Rhonda ", by the Beach Boys) 3:33 12. "Patricia the Stripper" 4:01 13. "My First Wedding" (track ends at 4:36. hidden track; Tales of Girls, Boys and Marsupials piano instrumentation version) 6:38
iTunes bonus tracks Title 14. "Derail and Crash" 3:29 15. "Metro Song" 3:51
Bonus DVD Title 1. "Let's Dance to Joy Division" (video) 2. "Kill the Director" (video) 3. "Backfire at the Disco" (video) 4. "Moving to New York" (video) 5. "The Wombats in Austin " 6. "Found Footage"
Matthew Murphy – vocals, guitar, synthesizers, pianoDan Haggis – backing vocals, drums, synthesizers, piano, stylophone, harmonica, melodica
Tord Øverland-Knudsen – backing vocals, bass, synthesizers, cello
Llangattock Primary School – kids choir on "Let's Dance to Joy Division"
Ian McNabb - banjo Charts and certifications
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