The 11 Best Songs By We Are Scientists

In this digital age, releases follow no rules.  Last week, Kid Cudi dropped an album (Satellite Flight) without any warning.  Beyonce dropped an album out of the blue at the end of last year.  My Bloody Valentine left us hanging for 22 years before their new album appeared out of nowhere.  On the other hand, U2 and Tool spent all last week baiting us with the prospect of a new album only to swipe the rug out from under us for yet...another year.  As much as Axl Rose let us hang on...at least he leaked a song or two (or three) in the hiatus.

We Are Scientists may not have the same world-wide phenomenon status  as the other bands, but they are a diligent workingman's band.  It's been four years since the band's last album and there's been fewer updates in between their last release, Barbara, in 2010, than whatever JJ Abrams is currently working on.  News of their new album was a welcome surprise for a band that left the impression that they may never be coming back.  Lucky for us...they did.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By We Are Scientists:

1. Cash Cow (With Love And Squalor)
2. Lethal Enforcer (Brain Thrust Mastery)
3. I Don't Bite (Barbara)
4. Worth The Wait (With Love And Squalor)
5. That's What Counts (Brain Thrust Mastery)
6. Chick Lit (Brain Thrust Mastery)
7. This Scene Is Dead (With Love And Squalor)
8. Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt (With Love And Squalor)
9. Jack & Ginger (Barbara)
10. It's A Hit (With Love And Squalor)
11. The Great Escape (With Love And Squalor)

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The 11 Best Songs By We Are Scientists

We Are Scientists "With Love and Squalor" was probably my last impulse musical buy.  Back in the day, when strolling through a used CD store, if a band name or album cover caught my eye...I would sometimes take a chance on the record.  This was especially the case when I was sifting through the dollar racks.  I discovered a lot of cool bands doing this.  Of course, I came home with a lot of crap, too.  I currently have boxes of crap sealed up, collecting dust in my garage.  Crap so bad, I can't even sell the cases back because they've been exposed to such musical excrement and are now forever tarnished.

We Are Scientists wasn't a used purchase.  It was a new purchase.  It wasn't the cover that attracted me to the band.  In fact the cover almost made me reconsider.  It was the name of the band.  It was a cool name with a subtle tinge of humor.  I knew these guys had to be listenable at worst.  And years, later, I'm still a fan. 

Here are the 11 Best Songs By We Are Scientists:

1.  This Scene Is Dead (With Love and Squalor)
2.  It's A Hit (With Love and Squalor)
3.  Lethal Enforcer (Brain Thrust Mastery)
4.  Let's See It (Brain Thrust Mastery)
5.  Ram It Home (Crap Attack)
6.  Cash Cow (With Love and Squalor)
7.  That's What Counts (Brain Thrust Mastery)
8.  Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt (With Love and Squalor)
9.  Chick Lit (Brain Thrust Mastery)
10.  This Means War (Crap Attack)
11.  Dig Dug (After Hours Single)

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The 11 Best Albums of 2008 (Part 2)

Yes, I know there are two number 36s. Why are there two number 36s? Because I made my list of the 55 best albums of 2008...then I went out and started listening to other albums from 2008 that I hadn't heard yet. Brilliant move, right? So, after really digging the Sleepercar album (Jim Ward from Sparta's new band), I felt compelled to include it. But since I had already posted the bottom of the list, I couldn't squeeze in anything new without screwing up the numbering system. Then I realized...I run the site and make my own rules. So I can do whatever I want.

Don't forget to send me your top 20 albums of 2008 and I'll compile a master list of the 111 best albums of the year!

The 11 Best Albums of 2008 (Part 2):

34. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
35. We Are Scientists - Brain Trust Majesty
36. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
36. Sleepercar - West Texas
37. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (White Winter Hymnal - Daytrotter)
38. Dead Confederates - Wrecking Ball
39. The Faint - Fasciination
40. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
41. Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
42. Cat Power - Jukebox
43. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
44. The Dirtbombs - We Have You Surrounded

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