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OOOH! (Out of Our Heads) | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 20, 2002 | |||
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Length | 37:20 | |||
Label | Quarterstick Records | |||
Producer | Mekons | |||
Mekons chronology | ||||
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OOOH! (Out Of Our Heads) is the sixteenth studio album from British post-punk collective The Mekons, credited on this album as simply Mekons. Released on the band's 25th anniversary, the album grew out of an eponymous art exhibition the previous year and was recorded largely in Chicago.
Background
Recording
Content
Release
Promotion
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 82/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Alternative Press | 4/5[3] |
Blender | [4] |
Chicago Sun-Times | [5] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[6] |
The Great Indie Discography | 6/10[7] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10[8] |
Tom Hull | A[9] |
Uncut | 8/10[10] |
The Village Voice | A[11] |
Track listing
All tracks written by Mekons unless specified otherwise.
- "Thee Olde Trip to Jerusalem" - 4:16
- "Dancing in the Head" - 2:55
- "This Way Through the Fire" - 2:38
- "Hate Is the New Love" - 2:53
- "Take His Name in Vain" - 3:50
- "Only You and Your Ghost Will Know" - 3:47
- "Lone Pilgrim" (B.F. White, Adger M. Pace, Arthel Watson) - 2:51
- "Winter" - 3:35
- "One X One" -3:07
- "Bob Hope & Charity" - 3:48
- "Stonehead" - 3:40
Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.
- Rico Bell: vocals, accordion, harmonica
- Sarah Corina: vocals, bass
- Steve Goulding: vocals, drums
- Susie Honeyman: vocals, fiddle
- Jon Langford: vocals, guitar
- Tom Greenhalgh: vocals, guitar, "in-the-van" autoharp
- Lu Headmonds: vocals, saz
- Sally Timms: vocals
Additional personnel
- Ken Sluiter: vocals, mastering, mixing, recording (credited as Ken Lite for the latter)
- Edith Frost: vocals
- Kelly Hogan: vocals