Weird Kids (album)

Weird Kids
Studio album by We Are the In Crowd
Released February 18, 2014
Recorded 2013 - 2014
Genre Pop punk, pop rock, alternative rock
Length 31:52
Label Hopeless Records
Producer John Feldmann
We Are the In Crowd chronology
Best Intentions
(2011)		 Weird Kids
(2014)
Singles from Weird Kids
  1. "Attention"
    Released: August 20, 2013
  2. "The Best Thing (That Never Happened)"
    Released: December 3, 2013[1]
  3. "Long Live the Kids"
    Released: January 19, 2014
  4. "Windows in Heaven"
    Released: January 26, 2014
  5. "Manners"
    Released: February 2, 2014

Weird Kids is the second studio album by American rock band We Are the In Crowd.

Composition

"Attention", according to Taylor Jardine, "is about friendship, and needing friends to help you see it’s okay to change for the better."[2]

Release

The first track and subsequent video for "The Best Thing (That Never Happened)" was released on December 10, 2013. The album premiered for streaming on February 11, 2014.[3] Weird Kids was released on February 18 through Hopeless Records. "Manners" was released to radio on August 4, 2014.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
Alter The Press!4/5 [7]
The Observer[8]

The album was included at number 45 on Rock Sound's "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.[9] The album was included at number 22 on Kerrang!'s "The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014" list.[10]

Track listing

All songs written by We Are the In Crowd and John Feldmann.

No. Title Length
1. "Long Live the Kids"   4:11
2. "The Best Thing (That Never Happened)"   2:51
3. "Manners"   3:05
4. "Come Back Home"   2:56
5. "Attention"   3:22
6. "Dreaming Out Loud"   3:06
7. "Remember (To Forget You)"   3:04
8. "Don't You Worry"   2:44
9. "Windows in Heaven"   3:26
10. "Reflections"   2:41
Total length:
 31:52
Bonus tracks

Personnel

We Are the In Crowd

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 29
US Alternative Albums 8
US Independent Albums 5
US Rock Albums 9

References

Citations
  1. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/best-thing-that-never-happened/id772002903
  2. ↑ Patashnik, ed. 2014, p. 64
  3. ↑ http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2014/02/11/we-are-the-in-crowd-weird-kids-album-stream/
  4. ↑ "FMQB Airplay Archive: SubModern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Reviews for Weird Kids by We Are the In Crowd". Metacritic. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ Monger, Timothy. Weird Kids at AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ Sheridan, Claire Louise (January 22, 2014). "ALBUM REVIEW: WE ARE THE IN CROWD - WEIRD KIDS". Alter The Press!. SpinMedia. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ Mongredien, Phil (February 16, 2014). "We Are the In Crowd: Weird Kids – review". The Observer. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  9. ↑ Bird, ed. 2015, p. 22
  10. ↑ Emily (March 18, 2015). "The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014". Kerrang!. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
Sources
  • Bird, Ryan, ed. (January 2015). "Top 50 Albums of the Year". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (195). ISSN 1465-0185. 
  • Patashnik, Ben, ed. (January 2014). "August". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (182). ISSN 1465-0185. 

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