Underachievers Please Try Harder Explained

Underachievers Please Try Harder
Type:studio
Artist:Camera Obscura
Cover:Underachievers_please_try_harder.jpg
Released:August 31, 2003
Genre:Indie pop
Length:43:37
Label:Merge
Producer:Geoff Alan, Camera Obscura
Prev Title:Biggest Bluest Hi Fi
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Let's Get Out of This Country
Next Year:2006

Underachievers Please Try Harder is the second LP from the indie band Camera Obscura, released in 2003. The album was released in Australia by Popfrenzy.

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, critic Tim Sendra praised the album, again comparing the group to Belle and Sebastian and writing that "the band manages the rare feat of sounding full and rich without jamming every possible frequency with sound. It also throws in loads of imaginative little hooks that keep things lively". Scott Plagenhoef of Pitchfork wrote "Their honest, wide, and adult approach to heartbreak, romantic liaisons, and escapism is extended to the subtle range of influence — most of which is shown off on the tracks sung by John Henderson".

Track listing

US edition bonus tracks

  1. "I Don't Want to See You"
  2. "Footloose and Fancy Free"

Australian edition bonus tracks

  1. "San Francisco Song"
  2. "Amigo Mio"

Japanese edition bonus tracks

  1. "I Don't Want to See You"
  2. "Footloose and Fancy Free"
  3. "SF Song"
  4. "Amigo Mio"

Personnel

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