| Living with the Living | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists |
| Cover: | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Living with the Living cover.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | March 20, 2007 |
| Recorded: | September–October 2006 |
| Genre: | Art punk, punk rock, indie rock |
| Length: | 61:07 |
| Label: | Touch and Go |
| Producer: | Brendan Canty |
| Prev Title: | Shake the Sheets |
| Prev Year: | 2004 |
| Next Title: | The Brutalist Bricks |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
Living with the Living is the fifth album by the Washington, D.C., rock band Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, released in 2007 by Touch and Go Records. It was the band's first album for the Touch and Go label and debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 109, selling about 8,000 copies in its first week.[1] Music videos were filmed for the singles "Bomb. Repeat. Bomb." and "Colleen". The iTunes download version of the album included a bonus track entitled "The Vain Parade", while first-run copies of the CD version included the bonus Mo' Living EP.
Corey Apar from AllMusic praised Leo's overall musicianship for remaining consistent alongside his previous works in terms of emotional resonance and politically minded savviness but was hoping for something a little more extraordinary that showed Leo pushing further from his comfort zone. Rolling Stones Christian Hoard noted the "unusually spry riddims" Leo uses when delivering his political lyricism but felt it lacked memorability. Gabbie Nirenburg, writing for No Ripcord, said about the record, "[T]he songs are flat and unoriginal rock. Ted's voice and vocal range is exemplary, but it's the only real star on this record. Nothing sticks the way it should. Perhaps it's a bigger blow to my system because I've come to expect such greatness from Ted Leo."