How We Operate

How We Operate
Studio album by Gomez
Released	2 May 2006 (US, Australia) 5 June 2006 (UK)
Recorded	RAK Studios, London
Genre	Rock, Urban Salsa
Length	51:40
Label	ATO Records (US) Shock Records (Australia) Independiente (UK)
Producer	Gomez Gil Norton
Gomez chronology
Out West (2005) How We Operate (2006) Five Men in a Hut (2006)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100 link
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	B+ link
The Guardian	9 June 2006
The Independent	9 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 March 2007)
Pitchfork Media	5.1/10 link
PopMatters	8/10 4 May 2006
Stylus	A- 1 May 2006
The Times	28 April 2006

How We Operate is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Gomez, which was released in May 2006. The album was produced by Gil Norton and was recorded at RAK Studios, London. The band have again adopted the more minimalist and mellow sound for which they are famed and acclaimed. It received mostly positive reviews, and reached #69 in the UK charts.

Track listing

1. "Notice" – 4:01
2. "See the World" – 4:03
3. "How We Operate" – 5:26
4. "Hamoa Beach" – 3:34
5. "Girlshapedlovedrug" – 4:00
6. "Chasing Ghosts with Alcohol" – 3:42
7. "Tear Your Love Apart" – 4:06
8. "Charley Patton Songs" – 5:13
9. "Woman! Man!" – 4:05
10. "All Too Much" – 4:33
11. "Cry on Demand" – 4:22
12. "Don't Make Me Laugh" – 4:34

Trivia

Ben Ottewell wrote How We Operate the same morning he wrote Blackbird off his solo album Shapes and shadows, and was quoted saying "was quite a productive morning, I wish all hangovers were like that"

Was used as the closing music to the Hitcher featuring Sean Bean

Singles

• "How We Operate" (17 April 2006) Released as a US only single
• "Girlshapedlovedrug" (29 May 2006) #66
• "See The World" (3 September 2006) #107

External links

• How We Operate at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Gomez the band
• 'See the world' song of the day on thishereboogie.com 2 December 2008
• How We Operate at Metacritic