With Love and Squalor

This article is about the album. For the short story, see For Esmé – with Love and Squalor.

With Love and Squalor is the major label debut album from rock band We Are Scientists. It was released in the United Kingdom in October 2005 on Virgin Records and charted at No. 43, with a large cult following which enabled it to after nearly 6 months of release, gain a gold certification by the BPI in 2006. The album sold an average of 4,166 copies each week before it got the certification.^{[citation needed]} The album title is derived from a J.D. Salinger short story, "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor", which was originally published in The New Yorker and subsequently in Nine Stories, a compilation of Salinger's short stories.

With Love and Squalor
Studio album by We Are Scientists
Released	October 17, 2005
Recorded	Early 2005
Genre	Dance-rock[1] indie rock post-punk revival
Length	36:55
Label	Virgin (UK, US)
Producer	Ariel Rechtshaid
We Are Scientists chronology
Safety, Fun, and Learning (In That Order) (2002) With Love and Squalor (2005) Crap Attack (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[4]
NME	7/10[5]
Pitchfork	6.7/10[6]
PopMatters	7/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Stylus Magazine	C+[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Keith Murray, Chris Cain and Michael Tapper

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt"	3:12
2.	"This Scene Is Dead"	3:43
3.	"Inaction"	2:32
4.	"Can't Lose"	3:31
5.	"Callbacks"	2:02
6.	"Cash Cow"	2:35
7.	"It's a Hit"	3:26
8.	"The Great Escape"	3:18
9.	"Textbook"	4:01
10.	"Lousy Reputation"	2:35
11.	"Worth the Wait"	2:43
12.	"What's the Word"	3:17
Total length:		36:55

Vinyl Edition

No.	Title	Length
13.	"History Repeats"	3:57
14.	"Mucho Más"	2:47
Total length:		43:39

The two songs on the 12-inch vinyl edition were both later released on Crap Attack. These songs were also featured on a 3-song CD that was available for purchase during their tour with Hot Hot Heat.

References

1. Sheardown, Matt (18 January 2006). "We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
2. With Love and Squalor at AllMusic
3. Archived October 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
4. Archived July 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
5. "NME Album Reviews - We Are Scientists: With Love And Squalor". Nme.Com. 2005-10-25. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
6. "12 Oct 05". Archived from the original on 2006-07-05. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
7. 9 Jan 06
8. 12 Jan 06^{[dead link]}