Get Awkward Explained

Get Awkward
Type:	studio
Artist:	Be Your Own Pet
Cover:	Get Awkward.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	March 18, 2008
Genre:	Garage punk, noise pop, hardcore punk
Length:	(US Version) 29:28 (UK Version) 35:37
Label:	XL Recordings, Ecstatic Peace
Producer:	Steven McDonald
Prev Title:	Not Rocket Science
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Get Damaged EP
Next Year:	2008

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.^[1]

US track listing

Three tracks—"Black Hole", "Becky" and "Blow Yr Mind"—were removed by Universal lawyers for being "too violent".^[2] They were later released in the US on the EP Get Damaged.^[3]

External links

• Web site: Be Your Own Pet Get Awkward, Channel Robocop On Sophomore LP: Album Preview . Rolling Stone. 2007-11-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20080216013344/https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/11/27/be-your-own-pet-get-awkward-channel-robocop-on-sophomore-lp-album-preview. 2008-02-16. dead. 2019-01-09.
• Web site: Be Your Own Pet Return With Get Awkward Album . Angryape . 2007-11-29 . 2007-12-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318030000/http://angryape.com/news/2007/11/be-your-own-pet-return-with-get-awkward-album . 2012-03-18 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 50 Best Albums of 2008: 45: Be Your Own Pet . 2008-12-25 . Rolling Stone . https://web.archive.org/web/20090213132832/https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24958695/albums_of_the_year/28 . 2009-02-13 . dead . 2012-02-17.
2. https://www.nme.com/news/be-your-own-pet/35370 "Be Your Own Pet have 'violent' songs cut from album"
3. http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/be-your-own-pet/get-damaged/19420/ "Be Your Own Pet: Get Damaged"