Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Studio album by Mogwai
Released 14 February 2011
Recorded Chem19 Studios
(Hamilton, Scotland)
Genre Post-rock
Length 53:08
Label Rock Action
Producer Mogwai, Paul Savage
Mogwai chronology
Special Moves
(2010)		 Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
(2011)		 A Wrenched Virile Lore
(2012)

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will is the seventh studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released in the UK and Europe on 14 February 2011 by Rock Action Records, and in the US on 15 February 2011 by Sub Pop.[1][2]

The album's cover art is a photo of New York City as seen from the Hudson River.[3] The inspiration for the closing track's title, "You're Lionel Richie", comes from what a hungover Stuart Braithwaite said when he ran into the singer at an airport.[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Mogwai, except where noted.

  1. "White Noise" – 5:04
  2. "Mexican Grand Prix" (Mogwai, Luke Sutherland) – 5:18
  3. "Rano Pano" – 5:15
  4. "Death Rays" – 6:01
  5. "San Pedro" – 3:27
  6. "Letters to the Metro" – 4:41
  7. "George Square Thatcher Death Party" – 4:00
  8. "How to Be a Werewolf" – 6:23
  9. "Too Raging to Cheers" – 4:30
  10. "You're Lionel Richie" – 8:29
Bonus Tracks

There is a limited edition including a bonus CD featuring a 23:23 minute long piece called "Music for a Forgotten Future (The Singing Mountain)" recorded for an art installation by Douglas Gordon and Olaf Nicolai in Essen, Germany.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
Drowned in Sound8/10[7]
NME8/10[8]
Pitchfork Media6.6/10[9]
PopMatters6/10[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Slant Magazine[12]
Spin7/10[13]

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. received mostly positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 34 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will album liner notes.[14]

Mogwai

Additional

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[15] 78
Austrian Albums Chart[16] 49
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[17] 31
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[18] 39
Dutch Albums Chart[19] 83
French Albums Chart[20] 46
German Albums Chart[21] 27
Irish Albums Chart[22] 25
Scottish Albums Chart[23] 12
Swedish Albums Chart[24] 57
Swiss Albums Chart[25] 45
UK Albums Chart[26] 25
UK Indie Albums Chart[27] 4
US Billboard 200[28] 97
US Alternative Albums[28] 15
US Independent Albums[28] 14
US Rock Albums[28] 25

References

  1. 1 2 "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will". mogwai.co.uk. 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Breihan, Tom (27 October 2010). "Mogwai Announce New Album". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Stribley, Robert (12 April 2011). "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will". Skyscraper. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Fortunato, John (20 April 2011). "Interview with Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai: Turning Away From The Light". The Aquarian Weekly. Arts Weekly. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will – Mogwai". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  6. ↑ Heather Phares. "Allmusic Review". Allmusic.
  7. ↑ "DIS review".
  8. ↑ Jamie Crossan. "NME review". NME. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  9. ↑ Andrew Gaerig. "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "Pop Matters review".
  11. ↑ Rob Sheffield. "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  12. ↑ Matthew Cole. "Slant review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  13. ↑ Josh Modell. "Spin review". Spin. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  14. ↑ Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (CD liner notes). Mogwai. Rock Action Records. 2011. ROCKACT55CD.
  15. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 28th February 2011" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  16. ↑ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in German). IFPI Austria. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  17. ↑ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  18. ↑ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  19. ↑ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  20. ↑ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  21. ↑ "Mogwai, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will" (in German). Media Control. charts.de. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  22. ↑ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 17 February 2011". Irish Recorded Music Association. Chart-Track. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  23. ↑ "2012 Top 40 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  24. ↑ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will". Swedish Recording Industry Association. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  25. ↑ "Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  26. ↑ "2011 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  27. ↑ "2011Top 40 Independent Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  28. 1 2 3 4 "Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will – Mogwai". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
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