Get Awkward

Get Awkward
Studio album by
Be Your Own Pet
ReleasedMarch 18, 2008
GenreGarage punk, noise pop, hardcore punk
Length(US Version) 29:28
(UK Version) 35:37
LabelXL Recordings, Ecstatic Peace
ProducerSteven McDonald
Be Your Own Pet chronology
Not Rocket Science
(2007) 		Get Awkward
(2008) 		Get Damaged EP
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Drowned In Sound5/10[3]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A−[4]
musicOMH[5]
NME[6]
Pitchfork7.8/10[7]
PopMatters6/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Skinny[10]
URB[11]

Get Awkward is the second album by Be Your Own Pet. It was released on March 18, 2008. Rolling Stone listed the album as the 45th best of 2008.[12]

UK track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Super Soaked"2:34
2."Black Hole"2:25
3."Heart Throb"2:12
4."Becky"3:00
5."The Kelly Affair"2:32
6."Twisted Nerve"3:03
7."Blow Yr Mind"0:44
8."Bummer Time"1:59
9."Bitches Leave"2:25
10."You're a Waste"2:38
11."Food Fight!"1:05
12."Zombie Graveyard Party!"2:03
13."What's Your Damage?"2:19
14."Creepy Crawl"2:51
15."The Beast Within"3:54

US track listing

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Three tracks—"Black Hole", "Becky" and "Blow Yr Mind"—were removed by Universal lawyers for being "too violent".[13] They were later released in the US on the EP Get Damaged.[14]

No.TitleLength
1."Super Soaked"2:34
2."The Kelly Affair"2:32
3."Twisted Nerve"3:03
4."Heart Throb"2:12
5."Bitches Leave"2:25
6."Bummer Time"1:59
7."You're a Waste"2:38
8."Food Fight!"1:05
9."Zombie Graveyard Party!"2:03
10."What's Your Damage?"2:19
11."Creepy Crawl"2:51
12."The Beast Within"3:54

References

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  1. ^ "Get Awkward by Be Your Own Pet". Metacritic. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "Get Awkward - Be Your Own Pet". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  3. ^ Denney, Alex (2008-03-20). "Album Review: Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward". Drowned In Sound. Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (2008-07-01). "Consumer Guide: July 2008". MSN Music. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  5. ^ "Be Your Own PET - Get Awkward". musicOMH. 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  6. ^ Sterry, Mike (2008-03-07). "Be Your Own Pet". NME. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  7. ^ Abebe, Nitsuh (2008-03-19). "Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  8. ^ Baker, Gabriel (2008-03-20). "Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward". PopMatters. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  9. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2008-03-20). "Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  10. ^ Mitchell, Nick (2008-04-01). "Be Your Own Pet! - Get Awkward". The Skinny. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  11. ^ Mason-Campbell, Nilina (2008-02-15). "Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward". URB. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
  12. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2008: 45: Be Your Own Pet". 2008-12-25. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  13. ^ "Be Your Own Pet have 'violent' songs cut from album" NME.com. March 24, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2010
  14. ^ "Be Your Own Pet: Get Damaged" Prefix Magazine.com. June 28, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2010
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