We Don't Even Live Here

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 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

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

Critical reception

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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

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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)
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

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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

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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

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  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.
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