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Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Walkmen, released on March 26, 2002, by Startime International.
The Walkmen celebrated the album's release by performing at the Knitting Factory on April 6, 2002. The album received generally positive reviews, especially from independent music reviewers. The song "We've Been Had" was featured in commercials for the Saturn Ion. The cover is a detail of a Lewis W. Hine photograph, called Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 am, May 9, 1910.
Reception
AllMusic's Charles Spano gave Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone 4.5 out of 5 stars, writing that "It is not so much that the Walkmen sound like Television or the Talking Heads or Blondie, but that they, like their NYC peers Interpol, the French Kicks, and Radio 4, evoke the gritty, urban energy so well."
= Accolades
=Track listing
"They're Winning" – 2:06
"Wake Up" – 4:13
"Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone" – 4:12
"Revenge Wears No Wristwatch" – 3:20
"The Blizzard of '96" – 3:01
"French Vacation" – 4:31
"Stop Talking" – 4:07
"We've Been Had" – 3:29
"Roll Down the Line" – 3:11
"That's the Punch Line" – 3:13
"It Should Take a While" – 6:22
"Rue the Day" – 3:36
"I'm Never Bored" – 5:28
Personnel
The Walkmen
Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitars
Paul Maroon - guitars, pianos
Walter Martin - organs, tapes
Peter Bauer - bass
Matt Barrick - drums
Additional Personnel
Kirsten McCord, Karen Waltuch, Meredith Yayanos - strings (3)
Harlem Horns - horns (7)