A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
2007 studio album by The Wombats / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wombats Proudly Present A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, usually shortened to A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, is the debut major studio album by English rock band the Wombats. It was released by 14th Floor Records on 5 November 2007.[2] Most of the songs first appeared on the band's 2006 Japan-only album Girls, Boys and Marsupials. A DVD to accompany the album includes footage of the band at the South by Southwest festival, along with music videos from their recent singles.
A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation | ||||
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Released | 5 November 2007 | |||
Recorded | Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales Electric Lady Studios, New York City, United States Brick Lane, 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 | |||
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Singles from A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 65/100[1] |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Digital Spy | [3] |
The Guardian | [4] |
LAUNCHcast | (7/10)[5] |
NME | (7/10)[6] |
Pitchfork Media | (5.9/10)[7] |
Spin | [8] |
stv.tv | [9] |
This Is Fake DIY | [10] |
Yahoo! Music UK | [11] |
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]