We Don't Even Live Here
| We Don't Even Live Here | ||||
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| Released | October 23, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 39:40 | |||
| Label | Rhymesayers Entertainment | |||
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We Don't Even Live Here is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper P.O.S.[2] It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on October 23, 2012.[3] It peaked at number 47 on the Billboard 200 chart.[4]
Release[edit]
Preorders of the album came complete with materials from anarchist collective Crimethinc.[5]
Critical reception[edit]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Alarm | favorable[7] |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| The A.V. Club | A−[9] |
| BBC | favorable[10] |
| Pitchfork | 5.7/10[11] |
| XXL | L[12] |
| The Current | favorable[13] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]
Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of A−, writing, "We Don't Even Live Here is extraordinarily accessible and somehow even agreeable in its controlled rage, the soundtrack to an anarchic end-of-the-world party that listeners can only hope they’re outsider enough to attend."[9] David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, describing it as "a literate, sharp blast of revolution with an anarchist slant."[8]
ABC News placed it at number 24 on the "50 Best Albums of 2012" list.[14]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bumper" | P.O.S | 2:59 |
| 2. | "Fuck Your Stuff" | Lazerbeak | 3:53 |
| 3. | "How We Land" (featuring Justin Vernon of Bon Iver) |
| 4:00 |
| 4. | "Wanted Wasted" (featuring Astronautalis) | Cecil Otter | 4:20 |
| 5. | "They Can't Come" (featuring Sims) | Lazerbeak | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Lockpicks, Knives, Bricks and Bats" |
| 3:48 |
| 7. | "Fire in the Hole / Arrow to the Action" | Lazerbeak | 3:48 |
| 8. | "Get Down" (featuring Mike Mictlan) | Patrick Russel | 3:40 |
| 9. | "All of It" |
| 3:11 |
| 10. | "Weird Friends (We Don't Even Live Here)" |
| 2:48 |
| 11. | "Piano Hits" (featuring Isaac Gale of Marijuana Deathsquads) | Cecil Otter | 3:12 |
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Oh, Ouch" (featuring Busdriver) | P.O.S | 3:20 |
| 13. | "Sick Pout" | Cecil Otter | 2:21 |
Personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from liner notes.[15]
- P.O.S – vocals, production (1, 3, 12), photography
- Ben Ivascu – drums (1, 2, 3, 7, 11)
- Lazerbeak – production (2, 5, 6, 7)
- Chris "Sick Boy" Lee – drums (2, 6, 7, 11)
- Andrew Dawson – production (3, 6), recording, mixing
- Justin Vernon – vocals (3)
- Astronautalis – vocals (3, 4), photography
- Justin Pierre – vocals (3, 6)
- Jessy Greene – violin (4)
- Cecil Otter – production (4, 11, 13)
- Sims – vocals (5)
- Patric Russel – production (8)
- Mike Mictlan – vocals (8)
- Ryan Olson – production (9)
- 2% Muck – tweak (9)
- Boys Noize – production (10)
- Housemeister – production (10)
- Manchita – vocals (10)
- Isaac Gale – vocals (11)
- Busdriver – vocals (12)
- Max Plisskin – mixing assistance
- Chris Athens – mastering
- Eric Timothy Carlson – artwork, design
- Isaak Gale – photography
- Kelly Loverud – photography
- Weather Grider – photography
- John Grider – photography
- J. Cook – project coordination
- S. Rossi – project coordination
- S. Alexander – executive production
- S. Daley – executive production
- B. Sayers – executive production
Charts[edit]
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[4] | 47 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] | 9 |
| US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[17] | 8 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[18] | 9 |
| US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[19] | 8 |
References[edit]
- ^ Paine, Jake (September 15, 2012). "P.O.S. Announces "We Don't Even Live Here" Fall Tour Dates With Bad Rabbits". HipHopDX.
- ^ Fischer, Reed (August 1, 2012). "Wanna be in the P.O.S. "Get Down" music video?". City Pages.
- ^ Coplan, Chris (August 15, 2012). "P.O.S. announces new album: We Don't Even Live Here". Consequence of Sound.
- ^ a b "POS Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ Traven, B. (October 22, 2012). "Collaboration with P.O.S." Crimethinc.
- ^ a b "We Don't Even Live Here by P.O.S". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- ^ Morrow, Scott (October 25, 2012). "Review: P.O.S's We Don't Even Live Here". Alarm.
- ^ a b Jeffries, David. "We Don't Even Live Here - P.O.S". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
- ^ a b Koski, Genevieve (October 23, 2012). "P.O.S.: We Don't Even Live Here". The A.V. Club.
- ^ Pattison, Louis (2012). "P.O.S - We Don't Even Live Here - Review". BBC.
- ^ Cohen, Ian (November 20, 2012). "P.O.S.: We Don't Even Live Here". Pitchfork.
- ^ Diep, Eric (October 29, 2012). "P.O.S, We Don't Even Live Here". XXL.
- ^ Swensson, Andrea (October 22, 2012). "Album Review: P.O.S. - We Don't Even Live Here". 89.3 The Current. Minnesota Public Radio.
- ^ Raible, Allan (December 22, 2012). "The Year in Review: The 50 Best Albums of 2012". ABC News. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ We Don't Even Live Here (booklet). P.O.S. Minneapolis: Rhymesayers Entertainment. 2012. p. 6. RSE0158-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "POS Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "POS Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "POS Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ "POS Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
External links[edit]
- We Don't Even Live Here at Discogs (list of releases)
- We Don't Even Live Here at Rhymesayers Entertainment
