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Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone is the debut studio album by the American indie rock band The Walkmen, released on March 26, 2002, on Startime International. The Walkmen celebrated the album's release by performing at the Knitting Factory on April 6, 2002.[1] The album received generally positive reviews, especially from independent music reviewers. The song "We've Been Had" was featured in commercials for the Saturn Ion.

Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone
Studio album by The Walkmen
Released	March 26, 2002
Recorded	2001
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	50:49
Label	Startime International
Producer	The Walkmen, Greg Talenfeld
The Walkmen chronology
Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone (2002) Bows + Arrows (2004)

The cover is a detail of a Lewis W. Hine photograph, called Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11:00 am, May 9, 1910.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Cokemachineglow	83%[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[4]
Pitchfork	8.7/10[5]
Stylus Magazine	A−[6]
The Village Voice	C+[7]

AllMusic's Charles Spano gave Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone 4.5 out of 5 stars, writing that "It is not so much that the Walkmen sound like Television or the Talking Heads or Blondie, but that they, like their NYC peers Interpol, the French Kicks, and Radio 4, evoke the gritty, urban energy so well."[2]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
Pitchfork	The 50 Best Albums of 2002	2003	27 [8]

Track listing

1. "They're Winning" – 2:06
2. "Wake Up" – 4:13
3. "Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone" – 4:12
4. "Revenge Wears No Wristwatch" – 3:20
5. "The Blizzard of '96" – 3:01
6. "French Vacation" – 4:31
7. "Stop Talking" – 4:07
8. "We've Been Had" – 3:29
9. "Roll Down the Line" – 3:11
10. "That's the Punch Line" – 3:13
11. "It Should Take a While" – 6:22
12. "Rue the Day" – 3:36
13. "I'm Never Bored" – 5:28

Personnel

The Walkmen

• Hamilton Leithauser - vocals, guitars
• Paul Maroon - guitars, pianos
• Walter Martin - organs, tapes
• Peter Bauer - bass
• Matt Barrick - drums

Additional Personnel

• Kirsten McCord, Karen Waltuch, Meredith Yayanos - strings (3)
• Harlem Horns - horns (7)

References

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