We Don't Even Live Here

2012 studio album by P.O.S
We Don't Even Live Here
Studio album by
P.O.S
ReleasedOctober 23, 2012 (2012-10-23)
GenreHip hop
Length39:40
LabelRhymesayers Entertainment
Producer
  • P.O.S
  • Lazerbeak
  • Andrew Dawson[1]
  • Cecil Otter
  • Patric Russell
  • Ryan Olson
  • Boys Noize
  • Housemeister
P.O.S chronology
Never Better
(2009) 		We Don't Even Live Here
(2012) 		Chill, Dummy
(2017)

We Don't Even Live Here is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper P.O.S.[2] It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on October 23, 2012.[3] It peaked at number 47 on the Billboard 200 chart.[4]

Release

Preorders of the album came complete with materials from anarchist collective Crimethinc.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
Alarmfavorable[7]
AllMusic[8]
The A.V. ClubA−[9]
BBCfavorable[10]
Pitchfork5.7/10[11]
XXLL[12]
The Currentfavorable[13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of A−, writing, "We Don't Even Live Here is extraordinarily accessible and somehow even agreeable in its controlled rage, the soundtrack to an anarchic end-of-the-world party that listeners can only hope they’re outsider enough to attend."[9] David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, describing it as "a literate, sharp blast of revolution with an anarchist slant."[8]

ABC News placed it at number 24 on the "50 Best Albums of 2012" list.[14]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Bumper"P.O.S2:59
2."Fuck Your Stuff"Lazerbeak3:53
3."How We Land" (featuring Justin Vernon of Bon Iver)
  • Andrew Dawson
  • P.O.S
4:00
4."Wanted Wasted" (featuring Astronautalis)Cecil Otter4:20
5."They Can't Come" (featuring Sims)Lazerbeak4:01
6."Lockpicks, Knives, Bricks and Bats"
  • Lazerbeak
  • Andrew Dawson
3:48
7."Fire in the Hole / Arrow to the Action"Lazerbeak3:48
8."Get Down" (featuring Mike Mictlan)Patrick Russel3:40
9."All of It"
  • Ryan Olson
  • 2% Muck
3:11
10."Weird Friends (We Don't Even Live Here)"
2:48
11."Piano Hits" (featuring Isaac Gale of Marijuana Deathsquads)Cecil Otter3:12
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
12."Oh, Ouch" (featuring Busdriver)P.O.S3:20
13."Sick Pout"Cecil Otter2:21

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[15]

  • P.O.S – vocals, production (1, 3, 12), photography
  • Ben Ivascu – drums (1, 2, 3, 7, 11)
  • Lazerbeak – production (2, 5, 6, 7)
  • Chris "Sick Boy" Lee – drums (2, 6, 7, 11)
  • Andrew Dawson – production (3, 6), recording, mixing
  • Justin Vernon – vocals (3)
  • Astronautalis – vocals (3, 4), photography
  • Justin Pierre – vocals (3, 6)
  • Jessy Greene – violin (4)
  • Cecil Otter – production (4, 11, 13)
  • Sims – vocals (5)
  • Patric Russel – production (8)
  • Mike Mictlan – vocals (8)
  • Ryan Olson – production (9)
  • 2% Muck – tweak (9)
  • Boys Noize – production (10)
  • Housemeister – production (10)
  • Manchita – vocals (10)
  • Isaac Gale – vocals (11)
  • Busdriver – vocals (12)
  • Max Plisskin – mixing assistance
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Eric Timothy Carlson – artwork, design
  • Isaak Gale – photography
  • Kelly Loverud – photography
  • Weather Grider – photography
  • John Grider – photography
  • J. Cook – project coordination
  • S. Rossi – project coordination
  • S. Alexander – executive production
  • S. Daley – executive production
  • B. Sayers – executive production

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 47
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] 9
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[17] 8
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[18] 9
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[19] 8

References

  1. ^ Paine, Jake (September 15, 2012). "P.O.S. Announces "We Don't Even Live Here" Fall Tour Dates With Bad Rabbits". HipHopDX.
  2. ^ Fischer, Reed (August 1, 2012). "Wanna be in the P.O.S. "Get Down" music video?". City Pages.
  3. ^ Coplan, Chris (August 15, 2012). "P.O.S. announces new album: We Don't Even Live Here". Consequence of Sound.
  4. ^ a b "POS Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Traven, B. (October 22, 2012). "Collaboration with P.O.S." Crimethinc.
  6. ^ a b "We Don't Even Live Here by P.O.S". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  7. ^ Morrow, Scott (October 25, 2012). "Review: P.O.S's We Don't Even Live Here". Alarm.
  8. ^ a b Jeffries, David. "We Don't Even Live Here - P.O.S". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  9. ^ a b Koski, Genevieve (October 23, 2012). "P.O.S.: We Don't Even Live Here". The A.V. Club.
  10. ^ Pattison, Louis (2012). "P.O.S - We Don't Even Live Here - Review". BBC.
  11. ^ Cohen, Ian (November 20, 2012). "P.O.S.: We Don't Even Live Here". Pitchfork.
  12. ^ Diep, Eric (October 29, 2012). "P.O.S, We Don't Even Live Here". XXL.
  13. ^ Swensson, Andrea (October 22, 2012). "Album Review: P.O.S. - We Don't Even Live Here". 89.3 The Current. Minnesota Public Radio.
  14. ^ Raible, Allan (December 22, 2012). "The Year in Review: The 50 Best Albums of 2012". ABC News. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  15. ^ We Don't Even Live Here (booklet). P.O.S. Minneapolis: Rhymesayers Entertainment. 2012. p. 6. RSE0158-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ^ "POS Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  17. ^ "POS Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  18. ^ "POS Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  19. ^ "POS Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

External links

  • v
  • t
  • e
P.O.S
Studio albums
Related articles
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
  • MusicBrainz release group