Let's Stay Friends
Studio album by
Les Savy Fav
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
GenreArt punk, indie rock
LabelFrenchkiss Records
Les Savy Fav chronology
Inches
(2004)		 Let's Stay Friends
(2007)		 After the Balls Drop
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubA−[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A[5]
NME9/10[6]
Pitchfork8.3/10[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Spin[10]
Uncut[11]

Let's Stay Friends is the fourth full-length album by Les Savy Fav. It was released on September 18, 2007. The album was #5 in NME albums of the year list, #16 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007, and #44 on Pitchfork's list.[12][13][14]

The song "Raging in the Plague Age" is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV.

Track listing

  1. "Pots & Pans" – 2:38
  2. "The Equestrian" – 3:27
  3. "The Year Before the Year 2000" – 2:26
  4. "Patty Lee" – 3:51
  5. "What Would Wolves Do?" – 2:56
  6. "Brace Yourself" – 4:13
  7. "Raging in the Plague Age" – 2:43
  8. "Slugs in the Shrubs" – 2:40
  9. "Kiss Kiss Is Getting Old" – 3:18
  10. "Comes & Goes" – 3:01
  11. "Scotchgard the Credit Card" – 3:06
  12. "The Lowest Bitter" – 4:20

Credits

Les Savy Fav
  • Tim Harrington – vocals
  • Seth Jabour – guitar
  • Andrew Reuland – guitar
  • Syd Butler – bass
  • Harrison Haynes – drums
Additional personnel
  • Toko Yasuda (vocals) – track: 8, 9
  • John Schmersal (vocals) – track: 4
  • Nicholas Thorburn (vocals) – track: 3, 5
  • Eleanor Friedberger (vocals) – track: 10
  • Catherine Herrick (vocals) – track: 4
  • Chris Zane (drums) – track: 1, 10
  • Matt Schulz (drums) – track: 3, 9
  • Joe Plummer (drums) – track: 5
  • Fred Armisen (drums) – track: 1, 4, 10
  • Anawim "Nawi" Avila (saxophone) – track: 8, 12
  • Adelquis E. Salom (trumpet) – track: 12
  • Jason B. Silva (trombone) – track: 12
  • Emily Haines (piano) – track: 10
  • Aleah Robinson (violin) – track: 8

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav". Metacritic. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ Lymangrover, Jason. "Let's Stay Friends – Les Savy Fav". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Heller, Jason (September 18, 2007). "Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  4. ↑ Kirschling, Gregory (September 14, 2007). "Let's Stay Friends". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 2007). "Consumer Guide". MSN Music. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Les Savy Fav: 'Let's Stay Friends'". NME. September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ LeMay, Matt (September 18, 2007). "Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends". Q (256): 96. November 2007.
  9. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (November 1, 2007). "Let's Stay Friends : Les Savy Fav". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  10. ↑ Modell, Josh (October 2007). "Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends". Spin. 23 (10): 106. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  11. ↑ Long, Pat (October 9, 2007). "Les Savy Fav – Let's Stay Friends". Uncut. Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  12. ↑ NME (10 October 2016). "Albums and Tracks of the Year: 2007". NME.
  13. ↑ "Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2007". Albumoftheyear.com.
  14. ↑ Staff. "The 50 Best Albums of 2007". Pitchfork.


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