Things Are What They Used to Be

Things Are What They Used to Be is the third studio album by Zoot Woman. It was released through Zoot Woman Records in 2009.

Things Are What They Used to Be
Studio album by Zoot Woman
Released	21 August 2009 (2009-08-21)
Genre	Synth-pop[1]
Length	42:52
Label	Zoot Woman Records
Producer	Adam Blake, Johnny Blake, Stuart Price
Zoot Woman chronology
Zoot Woman (2003) Things Are What They Used to Be (2009) Star Climbing (2014)
Singles from Things Are What They Used to Be
"We Won't Break" Released: 2007 "Live in My Head" Released: 2008 "Just a Friend of Mine" Released: 2009 "Memory" Released: 2009 "More Than Ever" Released: 2010

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
BBC Music	mixed[3]
Clash	7/10[4]
The Guardian	[5]
The Quietus	favorable[6]
Resident Advisor	3.5/5[7]

Stéphane Girard of Resident Advisor gave the album a 3.5 out of 5, saying: "Predictable in many ways but still displaying a strong sense of self, Zoot Woman's Things Are What They Used to Be is a welcome return from everyone's favorite electro-pop underachievers and a surprising testament to Stuart Price's long-lasting virtuosity."^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Just a Friend of Mine"	3:09
2.	"Lonely by Your Side"	3:24
3.	"More Than Ever"	3:26
4.	"Saturation"	6:11
5.	"Take You Higher"	3:17
6.	"Witness"	3:34
7.	"Lust Forever"	2:46
8.	"Memory"	3:28
9.	"We Won't Break"	3:03
10.	"Things Are What They Used to Be"	4:15
11.	"Blue Sea"	3:34
12.	"Live in My Head"	4:05

All tracks are written by Adam Blake, Johnny Blake, and Stuart Price, except "Lonely by Your Side" written by Johnny Blake, Ingo Martens, Andre Winter, and Sven Schumacher.

iTunes edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Things Are What They Used to Be (Desire Mix)"	4:07

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Zoot Woman

• Adam Blake
• Johnny Blake
• Stuart Price

Technical personnel

• Tim Young – mastering
• Haberdasherylondon – art direction, design
• Jon Matthews – additional layout
• Matthias Krause – image concept, photography
• Normen Perke – image concept, photography

Charts

Chart	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	38