Get Awkward

Get Awkward
Studio album by
Be Your Own Pet
ReleasedMarch 18, 2008
GenresGarage punk, noise pop, hardcore punk
Length(US Version) 29:28
(UK Version) 35:37
LabelsXL Recordings, Ecstatic Peace
ProducerSteven McDonald
Be Your Own Pet chronology
Not Rocket Science
(2007)		 Get Awkward
(2008)		 Get Damaged EP
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star
Drowned In Sound5/10
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)A−
musicOMHStarStarStarStar
NMEStarStarStarStar
Pitchfork7.8/10
PopMatters6/10
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar
The SkinnyStarStar
URBStarStarStar

Get Awkward is the second album by Be Your Own Pet. It was released on March 18, 2008. Rolling Stone listed the album as the 45th best of 2008.

UK track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Super Soaked"2:34
2."Black Hole"2:25
3."Heart Throb"2:12
4."Becky"3:00
5."The Kelly Affair"2:32
6."Twisted Nerve"3:03
7."Blow Yr Mind"0:44
8."Bummer Time"1:59
9."Bitches Leave"2:25
10."You're a Waste"2:38
11."Food Fight!"1:05
12."Zombie Graveyard Party!"2:03
13."What's Your Damage?"2:19
14."Creepy Crawl"2:51
15."The Beast Within"3:54

US track listing

Three tracks—"Black Hole", "Becky" and "Blow Yr Mind"—were removed by Universal lawyers for being "too violent". They were later released in the US on the EP Get Damaged.

No.TitleLength
1."Super Soaked"2:34
2."The Kelly Affair"2:32
3."Twisted Nerve"3:03
4."Heart Throb"2:12
5."Bitches Leave"2:25
6."Bummer Time"1:59
7."You're a Waste"2:38
8."Food Fight!"1:05
9."Zombie Graveyard Party!"2:03
10."What's Your Damage?"2:19
11."Creepy Crawl"2:51
12."The Beast Within"3:54

References

  1. ↑ "Get Awkward by Be Your Own Pet". Metacritic. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Get Awkward - Be Your Own Pet". AllMusic. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ Denney, Alex (March 20, 2008). "Album Review: Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward". Drowned In Sound. Archived from the original on July 9, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ Christgau, Robert (July 1, 2008). "Consumer Guide: July 2008". MSN Music. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Be Your Own PET - Get Awkward". musicOMH. March 17, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ Sterry, Mike (March 7, 2008). "Be Your Own Pet". NME. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  7. ↑ Abebe, Nitsuh (March 19, 2008). "Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ Baker, Gabriel (March 20, 2008). "Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward". PopMatters. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  9. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (March 20, 2008). "Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 28, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  10. ↑ Mitchell, Nick (April 1, 2008). "Be Your Own Pet! - Get Awkward". The Skinny. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  11. ↑ Mason-Campbell, Nilina (February 15, 2008). "Be Your Own Pet: Get Awkward". URB. Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  12. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2008: 45: Be Your Own Pet". 2008-12-25. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Be Your Own Pet have 'violent' songs cut from album" NME.com. March 24, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2010
  14. ↑ "Be Your Own Pet: Get Damaged" Prefix Magazine.com. June 28, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2010