The Others (The Others album)

The Others
Studio album by The Others
Released	31 January 2005
Length	44:44
Label	Mercury
The Others chronology
The Others (2005) Inward Parts (2006)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	52/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Drowned in Sound	6/10[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Playlouder	[5]
Stylus Magazine	F[6]

The Others is the debut studio album by English band The Others. The album was released on 31 January 2005 in the UK on Mercury Records. On its release it was awarded 8/10 from the NME and 10/10 from Vice Magazine. In 2010, Q included the album in their list "The Fifty Worst Albums Ever!"[7]

Critical reception

The Others was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 52 based on 9 reviews.[1]

In a review for AllMusic, Jason Damas wrote: "The Others' eponymous debut borrows from the sneering, dingy punk rock of the Sex Pistols, but slowed down and delivered more menacingly while opting for a scathing, unpretentious, and populist take on nu-new wave." Damas went on to say the tracks sound "unnecessarily limp and under-written, rendering the entire affair a mere display of this band's potential."[2]

Track listing

The Others track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lackey"	3:31
2.	"In the Background"	2:51
3.	"William"	3:15
4.	"Almanac"	2:56
5.	"How I Nearly Lost You"	3:43
6.	"Stan Bowles"	3:14
7.	"Community 853"	3:39
8.	"Psychovision"	3:43
9.	"Johan"	4:53
10.	"Southern Glow"	3:35
11.	"This Is for the Poor"	4:23
12.	"Darren Daniel David"	4:57
Total length:		44:44

Japanese bonus tracks[8]

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Boy Is a Girl"
14.	"King Prawn"

Singles

Four singles were released from The Others, all of which charted on the UK Singles Chart.[9]

Chart performance of singles from The Others

Single	Release date	Chart peak
"This Is for the Poor"	17 May 2004	42
"Stan Bowles"	18 October 2004	36
"Lackey"	17 January 2005	21
"William"	4 April 2005	29

Charts

Chart performance for The Others

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10]	41
UK Albums (OCC)[11]	51

References

1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
2. Damas, Jason. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
3. Wisgard, Alex (31 January 2005). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
4. Lynskey, Dorian (28 January 2005). "The Guardian Review". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
5. Robb, John (19 January 2005). "Playlouder Review". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
6. Southall, Nick (24 March 2003). "Stylus Magazine Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 March 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
7. "Q Magazine- 50 Worst Albums of All Time (!?!@%)". Discogs. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
8. "The Others Bonus". Universal-music.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
9. "Others | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
10. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
11. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 April 2021.