Hats Off to the Buskers

Hats Off to the Buskers is the debut album by Scottish band The View. It was released on 22 January 2007 on 1965 Records. It was reported on the band's official forum that the album had leaked to various internet sites in mid December 2006. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1 on 28 January 2007. The album charted at No. 45 on the UK end-of-year album chart, after selling around 319,000 copies in 2007. The album has been certified platinum. It was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize.

The song "Wasteland" is also the background music for the Nike "Show Us Your 5" advertisement.

Reception
Initial critical response to Hats Off to the Buskers was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75, based on 17 reviews.

Track listing
All songs written by Kyle Falconer and Kieren Webster.

US release w/ bonus tracks:
 * 1) "Comin' Down" – 2:57
 * 2) "Superstar Tradesman" – 3:13
 * 3) "Same Jeans" – 3:33
 * 4) "Don't Tell Me" – 3:22
 * 5) "Skag Trendy" – 3:00
 * 6) "The Don" – 3:09
 * 7) "Face for the Radio" – 3:18
 * 8) "Wasted Little DJs" – 3:57
 * 9) "Gran's for Tea" – 2:33
 * 10) "Dance into the Night" – 3:05
 * 11) "Claudia" – 2:40
 * 12) "Street Lights" – 2:57
 * 13) "Wasteland" – 2:26
 * 14) "Typical Time" – 0:35
 * 1) "Posh Boys"
 * 2) "Skag Trendy" (live at Abertay University, Dundee)
 * 3) "Same Jeans" (live at the Astoria, London)

Personnel

 * Kyle Falconer – vocals, guitar, piano
 * Kieren Webster – vocals, bass
 * Pete Reilly – lead guitar
 * Steven Morrison – drums