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We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love

We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love is an album by the rock group Half Japanese, released in 1990.[3]

We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love
Studio album by
Half Japanese
Released1990
GenreIndie rock, punk rock, lo-fi
Length40:51
LabelRalph/T.E.C.[1]
Half Japanese chronology
The Band That Would Be King
(1988) 		We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love
(1990) 		Fire In the Sky
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Content

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There are six cover songs, including "Gloria," a song by the band Them famously covered and rewritten by Patti Smith. Two songs were co-written with Daniel Johnston: "Titanic" and "Hand Without a Body."

Critical reception

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Trouser Press wrote that "with a rotating stack of fellow noisemakers, Jad manages to deliver some quietly cogent (if unexceptional) performances ('The Titanic,' 'All of Me,' 'Three Rings,' 'Secret' and a few others), but a sizable chunk of the record is unlistenably indulgent nonsense, noisy improvs in the musical sandbox."[4] Magnet counted the album as among the band's "most accessible, most listenable."[5]

Legacy

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Kurt Cobain of Nirvana ranked it his 37th favorite album on his top 50 favorite albums list, published in Journals.[6][7][8]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Every Hour"2:46
2."Elevator Boy"2:21
3."Gloria"4:10
4."Ear"1:34
5."The Titanic"1:50
6."Our Eyes"3:43
7."Spin"0:42
8."Up and Down"0:51
9."Run"1:53
10."All of Me"1:35
11."Hand Without a Body"1:00
12."Going Home"4:13
13."Three Rings"1:47
14."How Did You Know?"1:33
15."Then We Walk"0:13
16."Secret"2:16
17."Best"2:10
18."The House I Live In"1:01
19."Shanty Town"2:26
20."Everything Is Right"2:47

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, Mary Ann (March 1991). "Underground". Spin. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Half Japanese: We Are They Who Ache With Amorous Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ McGuinness, Paul. "HALF JAPANESE - VOLUME THREE: 1990- 1995". Record Collector. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Half Japanese". Trouser Press. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ^ Berkowitz, Kenny. "ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC: HALF JAPANESE'S "VOLUME 3, 1990-1995"". Magnet. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Kurt Cobain's Handwritten Top 50 Albums List".
  7. ^ "Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  8. ^ Cross, Gaar, Gendron, Martens, Yarm (2013). Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7603-4521-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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