Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life is the fourth major studio album by British rock band the Wombats. The album was released on 9 February 2018. The first single from the album, "Lemon to a Knife Fight", was released on 7 November 2017. This was followed by "Turn", "Cheetah Tongue", and "Black Flamingo".
Reception
Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life received positive reviews from critics, with NME saying "there's nothing groundbreaking here, but little to be ashamed of either." In a positive review, PopMatters describes the album's songs as "excellent workouts in powerful pop-rock."
Track listing
Personnel The Wombats Matthew Murphy – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, production, recording Dan Haggis – drums, percussion, keyboards, guitars, backing vocals, production, recording Tord Øverland Knudsen – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, production, recording
Additional contributors Mark Crew – production, recording (all tracks); keyboards, programming (tracks 1, 2, 5–8) Catherine Marks – production, recording (all tracks), programming (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) Vlado Meller – mastering Rich Costey – mixing Rob Whiteley – engineering Adam "Cecil" Bartlett – engineering (2, 3) Martin Cooke – mixing assistance Nicolas Fournier – mixing assistance Richie Kennedy – engineering assistance (2, 3) Marius Drogsås Hagen – guitar (3) Kianjia – vocals (5) Lucas Donaud – artwork, design
Charts Chart (2018) Peakposition
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