Underachievers Please Try Harder
Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".
Underachievers Please Try Harder is the second LP from the indie band Camera Obscura, released in 2003. The album was released in Australia by Popfrenzy.
Reception
Template:Album ratings Writing for AllMusic, critic Tim Sendra praised the album, again comparing the group to Belle and Sebastian and writing that "the band manages the rare feat of sounding full and rich without jamming every possible frequency with sound. It also throws in loads of imaginative little hooks that keep things lively".[1] Scott Plagenhoef of Pitchfork wrote "Their honest, wide, and adult approach to heartbreak, romantic liaisons, and escapism is extended to the subtle range of influence — most of which is shown off on the tracks sung by John Henderson".[2]
Track listing
US edition bonus tracks
- "I Don't Want to See You"
- "Footloose and Fancy Free"
Australian edition bonus tracks
- "San Francisco Song"
- "Amigo Mio"
Japanese edition bonus tracks
- "I Don't Want to See You"
- "Footloose and Fancy Free"
- "SF Song"
- "Amigo Mio"
Personnel
- Tracyanne Campbell – vocals, guitar
- Carey Lander – organ, piano, vocals
- Kenny McKeeve – vocals, guitar, harmonica, mandolin
- John Henderson – vocals, percussion
- Gavin Dunbar – bass
- Lee Thomson – drums
- Nigel Baillie – trumpet
- Geoff Allan – percussion, Stylophone
Production notes:
- Camera Obscura – producer
- Geoff Allan – producer, engineer
- Frank Arkwright – mastering
- Stuart Murdoch – photography