Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life

Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life is the fourth major studio album by British rock band The Wombats. The album was released on 9 February 2018.^[2] The first single from the album, "Lemon to a Knife Fight", was released on 7 November 2017. This was followed by "Turn", "Cheetah Tongue", and "Black Flamingo".

Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
Studio album by The Wombats
Released	9 February 2018
Studio	One Eyed Jack (London) The Pool (London) Assault & Battery 2 (London) Stable Studio (Arnhem)
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Length	38:43
Label	14th Floor (UK) Bright Antenna (US)
Producer	Mark Crew Dan Haggis Tord Øverland Knudsen Catherine Marks Matthew Murphy
The Wombats chronology
Glitterbug (2015) Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (2018) Fix Yourself, Not the World (2022)
Singles from Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
"Lemon to a Knife Fight" Released: 7 November 2017 "Turn" Released: 6 December 2017 "Cheetah Tongue" Released: 18 January 2018 "Black Flamingo" Released: 5 February 2018

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
musicOMH	[5]
NME	[6]
PopMatters	[1]
The Times	[7]

Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life received positive reviews from critics, with NME saying "there's nothing groundbreaking here, but little to be ashamed of either."^[6] In a positive review, PopMatters describes the album's songs as "excellent workouts in powerful pop-rock."^[1]

Track listing

Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life – Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cheetah Tongue"	Matthew Murphy Jennifer Decilveo	3:39
2.	"Lemon to a Knife Fight"	Murphy Matt Radd	3:26
3.	"Turn"	Murphy Blake Harnage Micah Premnath	3:28
4.	"Black Flamingo"	Murphy Daniel Haggis Tord Øverland Knudsen	3:21
5.	"White Eyes"	Murphy Decilveo	4:13
6.	"Lethal Combination"	Murphy Jacob Sinclair	2:39
7.	"Out of My Head"	Murphy Timothy Pagnotta	3:02
8.	"I Only Wear Black"	Murphy Benjamin Freelander Sinclair	3:11
9.	"Ice Cream"	Murphy Haggis Knudsen	3:44
10.	"Dip You in Honey"	Murphy Haggis Knudsen	3:08
11.	"I Don't Know Why I Like You but I Do"	Murphy Haggis Knudsen	3:50
Total length:			38:43

Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life – Extended Version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Bee-Sting"	Murphy Harnage Premnath	3:34
13.	"Oceans"	Murphy Haggis Knudsen	3:41
14.	"Lethal Combination" (Acoustic)	Murphy Sinclair	2:41
Total length:			47:37

Japanese bonus tracks ^[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Lethal Combination" (Acoustic)	Murphy Sinclair	2:41
13.	"Lemon to a Knife Fight" (Acoustic)	Murphy Radd	3:42
14.	"Lemon to a Knife Fight" (Acoustic)	Murphy Radd	3:30
Total length:			48:50

Personnel

The Wombats

• Matthew Murphy – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, production, recording
• Dan Haggis – drums, percussion, keyboards, guitars, backing vocals, production, recording
• Tord Øverland Knudsen – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, production, recording

Additional contributors

• Mark Crew – production, recording (all tracks); keyboards, programming (tracks 1, 2, 5–8)
• Catherine Marks – production, recording (all tracks), programming (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
• Vlado Meller – mastering
• Rich Costey – mixing
• Rob Whiteley – engineering
• Adam "Cecil" Bartlett – engineering (2, 3)
• Martin Cooke – mixing assistance
• Nicolas Fournier – mixing assistance
• Richie Kennedy – engineering assistance (2, 3)
• Marius Drogsås Hagen – guitar (3)
• Kianjia – vocals (5)
• Lucas Donaud – artwork, design

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	55
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	75
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12]	67
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	39
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[14]	19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	57
UK Albums (OCC)[16]	3
US Billboard 200[17]	190

Certifications

Certifications for Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[18]	Gold	100,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.