In Our Gun

In Our Gun
Studio album by Gomez
Released 18 March 2002 (2002-03-18)
Genre Rock, electronica
Length 50:27
Label Hut (Virgin)
Producer Gomez
Gomez chronology
Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline
(2000)Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline2000		 In Our Gun
(2002)		 Split the Difference
(2004)Split the Difference2004
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(69/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Entertainment Weekly(B) [3]
Mojo (Apr 2002)
Pitchfork Media(2.7/10) [4]
Rolling Stone [5]

In Our Gun is the third studio album by UK band Gomez in 2002. It made the top 10 of the UK album charts as well as the top 50 of the Australian album charts. The single "Shot Shot" charted in the UK top 40 and made the top 20 in Portugal. The album also made the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

The album received positive reviews from critics; PopMatters rated the album a perfect score and said "everyone who doesn’t like this record is insane in a bad way. Screw Wilco; In Our Gun is sounding very much like the Album of the Year."[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Gomez (Ian Ball, Paul Blackburn, Tom Gray, Ben Ottewell and Olly Peacock)[7].

No.TitleLength
1."Shot Shot"2:25
2."Rex Kramer"4:30
3."Detroit Swing 66"3:55
4."In Our Gun"5:14
5."Even Song"4:44
6."Ruff Stuff"2:28
7."Sound of Sounds"3:56
8."Army Dub"3:26
9."Miles End"4:22
10."Ping One Down"3:20
11."1000 Times"4:34
12."Drench"4:37
13."Ballad of Nice & Easy"2:51

Some editions of this album included the Machismo E.P. as a bonus disc.

All tracks written by Gomez.

Singles

  • "Shot Shot" (4 March 2002, #28)
  • "Sound of Sounds" / "Ping One Down" (3 June 2002, #48)

References

  1. ↑ "Metacritic score". Metacritic.com. 2002-04-23. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Burr, Ty (2002-05-03). "Reviews for "In Our Gun", "Handcream for a Generation", "Transmission" and "Bloodsport"". Entertainment Weekly: 88. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
  4. ↑ "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.com. 2002-05-23. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Rolling Stone review". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 20 June 2002. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  6. ↑ Cibula, Matt (2002-05-02). "Gomez: In Our Gun". PopMatters.
  7. ↑ "Release "In Our Gun" by Gomez". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2017-10-05.


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