Do You Like Rock Music?

Professional ratings
Review scores
AllMusic
BBC	Favourable
Blender
Drowned in Sound	9/10
The List
NME	7/10
Paste Magazine
Pitchfork Media	8.2/10
Q	[citation needed]
The Times
Tinymixtapes

Do You Like Rock Music?
Studio album by British Sea Power
Released	14 January 2008
Genre	Indie rock
Length	54:37
Label	Rough Trade
Producer	BSP & Graham Sutton
British Sea Power chronology

Do You Like Rock Music? is the third album from the Brighton-based English band, British Sea Power. It was released on 14 January 2008 in the UK and 12 February 2008 in the United States. The album is preceded by the Krankenhaus? EP, released on digital download on 8 October 2007.

It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 10 and the Irish Albums Chart at number 37.

Reception

It is one of the few albums to not receive an actual numerical review from Pitchfork Media, instead initially receiving a rating of "U.2", with a middling review citing its ambitious nature while stating "Do You Like Rock Music? doesn't fail miserably... but disappoints gently." After a change to their site layout and rating presentation, that rating now appears as 8.2, though the review itself has not changed.^[8]

The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize on July 22, 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All in It"	Yan/BSP	2:11
2.	"Lights Out for Darker Skies"	Yan/BSP	6:36
3.	"No Lucifer"	Hamilton/BSP	3:27
4.	"Waving Flags"	Noble/Yan/BSP	4:07
5.	"Canvey Island"	Yan/BSP	3:41
6.	"Down on the Ground"	Hamilton/BSP	4:23
7.	"A Trip Out"	Hamilton/Wood/BSP	3:16
8.	"The Great Skua"	Noble/BSP	4:35
9.	"Atom"	Yan/BSP	5:38
10.	"No Need to Cry"	Hamilton/BSP	3:43
11.	"Open the Door"	Hamilton/BSP	4:56
12.	"We Close Our Eyes"	Yan/BSP	8:04

Personnel

British Sea Power

Jan Scott Wilkinson ("Yan") – vocals, guitar
Martin Noble ("Noble") – guitar
Neil Hamilton Wilkinson ("Hamilton") – bass, vocals, guitar
Matthew Wood ("Wood") – drums

Additional musicians^[11]

Abi Fry – viola, string arrangements
Becky Foon – cello, string arrangements, choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Eamon Hamilton – harmonium
Phil Sumner – cornet
Graham Sutton – additional keys and programming
Basia Bulat – choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Bobby Bulat – choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Holly Rancher – choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Howard Bilerman – choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Jo Israel – choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Laura Kennison – choir (track 4)
Lisa Lindley-Jones – choir (track 4)
Vicky Oag – choir (track 4)
BSP – string arrangements

Technical personnel^[11]

Graham Sutton – mixing (except track 12), production
BSP – recording (tracks 4, 9, 10), production, packaging and photos
Howard Bilerman – recording (except tracks 4, 9 and 10)
Efrim Menuck – recording (except tracks 4, 9 and 10)
Jan Scott Wilkinson ("Yan") – mixing (track 12)
Milos Hajicek – assistant engineering
Laurence Aldridge – assistant engineering
Luke Joyse – assistant engineering
Tim Young – mastering
Stuart Hawkes – mastering
Matthew Wood ("Wood") – packaging and photos
Alison Fielding – packaging and photos
David Taylor – packaging and photos
The Outlying Station – sleeve notes

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)^[12]	97
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[13]	37
UK Albums (OCC)^[14]	10
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[15]	5

Release history

Region	Date
United Kingdom	14 January 2008
Australia	9 February 2008
United States	12 February 2008

References

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↑ "British Sea Power – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for British Sea Power. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

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[ac_BillboardHeatseekers_British_Sea_Power-15] "British Sea Power – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for British Sea Power. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
BBC	Favourable^[2]
Blender	^[3]
Drowned in Sound	9/10^[4]
The List	^[5]
NME	7/10^[6]
Paste Magazine	^[7]
Pitchfork Media	8.2/10^[8]
Q	^{[citation needed]}
The Times	^[9]
Tinymixtapes	^[10]

v t e British Sea Power
Yan Hamilton Noble Wood Abi Fry Eamon Phil Sumner
Studio albums	The Decline of British Sea Power Open Season Do You Like Rock Music? Man of Aran Valhalla Dancehall Machineries of Joy From the Sea to the Land Beyond Happiness Sea of Brass
EPs	Remember Me The Spirit of St. Louis Krankenhaus? Zeus Valhalla V.I.P. BSP EP1 BSP EP2 BSP EP3 BSP EP4 BSP EP5 BSP EP6
Singles	"Fear of Drowning" "Remember Me" "The Lonely" "Childhood Memories" "Carrion"/"Apologies to Insect Life" "A Lovely Day Tomorrow" "It Ended on an Oily Stage" "Please Stand Up" "Remember Me"/"I Am a Cider Drinker" "Waving Flags" "No Lucifer" "Waving Flags" "Living Is So Easy" "Who's In Control" "Georgie Ray / Mongk II" "Facts Are Right" "Monsters of Sunderland"
Compilation appearances	Waving Flags - 2000 Trees - Cider Smiles Vol.2, (Hide and Seek Records 2009) Waving Flags - FM4 Soundselection 18, (Col, 2008)
Videos	"Please Stand Up" (VHS, PAL)
Miscellaneous	Trans-Manche Advance Portion (CDr, Sampler) "Close the Door" (File, MP3, 160) "Carrion/All In It (Remix)" (File, MP3, 128) Postcards From A Young Man Tour Sampler (CD, Promo, Sampler)
Related articles	Rough Trade Records Roy Wilkinson Brakes

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