Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life
2018 studio album by The Wombats
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Released | 9 February 2018 | |||
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Genre | Pop rock[1] | |||
Length | 38:43 | |||
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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".
Reception
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Metacritic | 71/100[3] |
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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
- Murphy
- Matt Radd
- Murphy
- Blake Harnage
- Micah Premnath
- Murphy
- Decilveo
- Murphy
- Jacob Sinclair
- Murphy
- Timothy Pagnotta
- Murphy
- Benjamin Freelander
- Sinclair
- Murphy
- Haggis
- Knudsen
- Murphy
- Haggis
- Knudsen
- Murphy
- Haggis
- Knudsen
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Bee-Sting" |
| 3:34 |
13. | "Oceans" |
| 3:41 |
14. | "Lethal Combination" (Acoustic) |
| 2:41 |
Total length: | 47:37 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Lethal Combination" (Acoustic) |
| 2:41 |
13. | "Lemon to a Knife Fight" (Acoustic) |
| 3:42 |
14. | "Lemon to a Knife Fight" (Acoustic) |
| 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 |
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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
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[18] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ a b c "The Wombats: Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life". PopMatters. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Album Review: The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life". Impact Nottingham. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ "Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life by The Wombats". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life – The Wombats – Songs, Reviews, Creditspublisher=AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "The Wombats: Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life". musicOMH. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ a b "The Wombats - 'Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life' Review". NME. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Pop review: The Wombats: Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life". The Times. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "「ビューティフル・ピープル・ウィル・ルイン・ユア・ライフ」- ザ・ウォンバッツ" (in Japanese). Sony Music Japan. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "The Wombats Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "British album certifications – Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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- Matthew Murphy
- Tord Øverland-Knudsen
- Dan Haggis
- Girls, Boys and Marsupials (2006)
- A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation (2007)
- This Modern Glitch (2011)
- Glitterbug (2015)
- Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life (2018)
- Fix Yourself, Not the World (2022)
- The Wombats Go Pop! Pop! Pop! (2007)
- The Wombats (2008)
- This Acoustic Glitch (2011)
- Glitterbug B-Sides (2015)
- "Moving to New York"
- "Backfire at the Disco"
- "Kill the Director"
- "Let's Dance to Joy Division"
- "Is This Christmas?"
- "My Circuitboard City"
- "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"
- "Jump into the Fog"
- "Anti-D"
- "Techno Fan"
- "1996"
- "Your Body Is a Weapon"
- "Greek Tragedy"
- "Give Me a Try"
- "Be Your Shadow"
- "Emoticons"
- "Lemon to a Knife Fight"
- "Turn"