| The Others | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Others |
| Cover: | The Others - The Others.png |
| Released: | 31 January 2005 |
| Length: | 44:44 |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Next Title: | Inward Parts |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
The Others is the self-titled debut studio album by English band The Others. The album was released on 31 January 2005 in the UK on Mercury Records. In 2010, Q included the album in their list "The Fifty Worst Albums Ever!"[1]
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.
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."
Four singles were released from The Others, all of which charted on the UK Singles Chart.[2]
| "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 |