We'll Live and Die in These Towns is the debut album of British indie rock band The Enemy, released on 9 July 2007. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number one.
The album reached number 75 in the UK end of year chart selling around 222,000 copies in 2007. In February 2008, it was given platinum certification meaning sales of over 300,000 copies.
A low-quality version of the full album was leaked on 3 July 2007, containing both demo and non-album versions of particular songs.
The song "Aggro", which appears on the album, is featured in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
The songs "Had Enough" and "Away from Here" are featured in the 2012 racing video game Forza Horizon.
Reception
Critical response to We'll Live and Die in These Towns tended toward the positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 61, based on 11 reviews.
Track listing "Aggro" – 3:25 "Away from Here" – 3:02 "Pressure" – 3:18 "Had Enough" - 2:39 "We'll Live and Die in These Towns" – 3:54 "You're Not Alone" – 3:44 "It's Not OK" – 3:35 "Technodanceaphobic" – 2:34 "40 Days and 40 Nights" – 3:36 "This Song" – 4:25 "Happy Birthday Jane" – 2:59 Bonus tracks: "Five Years" (David Bowie cover) – 4:31 "Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation" – 3:31
Writers All songs were written by The Enemy.Enemy, The (6) – We'll Live And Die In These Towns. Discogs. Retrieved 13 April 2014The Enemy: We'll Live and Die in These Towns - credits. AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2014
Signing session On 9 July, the day of release of the album, the band played a special set at HMV Oxford Street in London and in Coventry.
The album went to number one on 15 July.
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2007) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position UK Albums (OCC) 75 Chart (2008) Position UK Albums (OCC) 95
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