No Mundane Options Explained

No Mundane Options
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Paddingtons
Cover:	No Mundane Options.jpg
Released:	3 November 2008
Recorded:	2008
Genre:	Garage rock/punk
Length:	33:42
Label:	Mama Bear
Producer:	Tony Doogan
Prev Title:	First Comes First
Prev Year:	2005

No Mundane Options is The Paddingtons' second album, released on 3 November 2008, and released through their own Mama Bear record label.

Track listing

1. "Punk R.I.P."
2. "What's The Point in Anything New"
3. "Shame about Elle"
4. "No Mundane Options"
5. "Sticky Fingers"
6. "Molotov Cocktail"
7. "You & I"
8. "Plastic Men"
9. "Stand Down"
10. "Gangs"
11. "Heartsong"

Critical reception

NME gave No Mundane Options a score of 6/10, saying that the album "finds [The Paddingtons] slumping into forgettable filler territory".^[1] James Skinner of Drowned in Sound gave the album a score of 4/10, finding that the Paddingtons "remain depressingly, predictably futile".^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: NME Reviews:The Paddingtons . Pia . Camilla . 31 October 2008 . NME. 23 November 2015.
2. Web site: Album Review: The Paddingtons—No Mundane Options . Skinner . James . 24 October 2008 . . 23 November 2015 . 24 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151124140123/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13728/reviews/4135500 . dead .