| Hats Off to the Buskers | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | The View |
| Cover: | OLIVE018-300.jpg |
| Recorded: | 2006 |
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| Length: | 40:45 |
| Label: | 1965 Records |
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| Prev Title: | The View EP |
| Prev Year: | 2006 |
| Next Title: | Which Bitch? |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
Hats Off to the Buskers is the debut album by Scottish band The View. It was released on 22 January 2007 on 1965 Records. It was reported on the band's official forum that the album had leaked to various internet sites in mid December 2006. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at 1 on 28 January 2007. The album charted at No. 45 on the UK end-of-year album chart, after selling around 319,000 copies in 2007. The album has been certified platinum.[1] It was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize.
The song "Wasteland" is also the background music for the Nike "Show Us Your 5" advertisement.
Initial critical response to Hats Off to the Buskers was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75, based on 17 reviews.[2]
All songs written by Kyle Falconer and Kieren Webster.
US release w/ bonus tracks: