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Hold on Now, Youngster... is the debut album by British indie pop band Los Campesinos!, released in February 2008 on Wichita Recordings. It consists of 12 tracks, despite only 11 being listed. This is because "2007: The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)" appears as an unlisted track on the CD version, and as a C-side (the etched orange vinyl) on the double gatefold vinyl.[1][2] It entered the UK album charts at number 72.

Hold on Now, Youngster...

Studio album by

Los Campesinos!

Released

22 February 2008

Recorded

2007

Genre

Indie pop, noise pop

Length

42:52

Label

Wichita, Arts & Crafts

Producer

David Newfeld

Los Campesinos! chronology

Sticking Fingers into Sockets
(2007)

Hold on Now, Youngster...
(2008)

We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
(2008)

Singles from Hold on Now, Youngster...

"You! Me! Dancing!"
Released: 4 June 2007
"Death to Los Campesinos!"
Released: 18 February 2008
"My Year in Lists"
Released: 12 May 2008

A deluxe remastered 10th anniversary edition with bonus tracks was released 12 October 2018.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The A.V. Club	A[5]
Blender	[6]
The Guardian	[7]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)	A[8]
NME	6/10[9]
The Observer	[10]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[11]
Spin	[12]
Uncut	[13]

Initial critical response was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album was met with universal acclaim receiving an average score of 81, based on 29 reviews.[3]

Release

Singles

"You! Me! Dancing!"

Track nine, "You! Me! Dancing!" was released as a single on 4 June 2007 through Wichita. The song was number 72 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[14] The single version appears on the Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP, with a rerecorded, slightly longer and slower version of the song appearing on Hold On Now, Youngster....

The song was used as part of a Budweiser television advert in 2010.[15]

Track listing

Hold On Now, Youngster...
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Death to Los Campesinos!"	2:52
2.	"Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats"	3:35
3.	"Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s)"	3:22
4.	"Drop It Doe Eyes"	2:44
5.	"My Year in Lists"	1:51
6.	"Knee Deep at ATP"	2:49
7.	"This Is How You Spell "HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics""	4:20
8.	"We Are All Accelerated Readers"	2:54
9.	"You! Me! Dancing!"	6:48
10.	"...And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes in Unison"	2:50
11.	"Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks"	4:31
12.	"2007: The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)" (unlisted bonus track)	4:44
Total length:		42:57

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"The International Tweexcore Underground"	3:16
14.	"C Is the Heavenly Option" (Heavenly cover)	3:17
15.	"Police Story" (Black Flag cover)	2:15

Remastered Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"The International Tweexcore Underground"	3:12
14.	"We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives"	2:21
15.	"Frontwards" (Pavement cover)	2:21
16.	"In Accordance To Natural Law" (Bikini Kill cover)	0:30
17.	"How I Taught Myself To Scream"	2:47
18.	"Yr Boyfriend" (Casiotone for the Painfully Alone cover)	0:42
19.	"It Started With A Mixx"	1:20
20.	"The Eyebright Bugler" (Deerhoof cover)	0:45
21.	"Police Story" (Black Flag cover)	1:58
22.	"C Is The Heavenly Option" (Heavenly cover)	3:15
23.	"Clunk-Rewind-Clunk-Play-Clunk"	0:36

Personnel

Musicians

Los Campesinos!

Gareth Paisey – writing, vocals, glockenspiel
Neil Beale – writing, guitar
Tom Bromley – writing, keyboard, guitar, backing vocals
Ellen Waddell – writing, bass, backing vocals
Aleksandra Berditchevskaia – writing, backing vocals, keyboard
Ollie Briggs – writing, drums
Harriet Coleman – writing, violin, keyboards, string arrangements, backing vocals

Technical

David Newfeld – recording (1, 2-9, 10-12, 14, 17, 19)
John Goodmanson – mixing (1, 2, 4-8, 10-12, 17)
Simon Francis – mastering
Steve Davis – recording, mixing (18, 20, 22)
Luke Jones – recording, mixing (15, 23)

Release history

Date	Country	Label (Cat#)
25 February 2008 (2008-02-25)	United Kingdom	Wichita Recordings (WEBB160)
1 April 2008 (2008-04-01)	United States/Canada	Arts & Crafts (A&C031)

Notes

On the vinyl version of the album, the black disc (containing the 11 album tracks) should be played at 33⅓ RPM, whereas the orange disc, with bonus track "2007..." on it, should be played at 45 RPM.

Charts

Charts (2008)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16]	97
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	72
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[18]	45

References

"Los Campesinos! forum - showing album details". Los-campesinos.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
"Gareth, talking about album on LC! forum". Los-campesinos.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
"Reviews for Hold On Now, Youngster by Los Campesinos!". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
Sendra, Tim. "Hold on Now, Youngster... – Los Campesinos!". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
Modell, Josh (7 April 2008). "Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
Dombal, Ryan (April 2008). "Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster ..." Blender (68): 80. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
Simpson, Dave (22 February 2008). "Los Campesinos!, Hold On Now, Youngster". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
Christgau, Robert (April 2008). "Consumer Guide". MSN Music. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
"Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now Youngster…". NME. 15 February 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
Hodgson, Jaimie (17 February 2008). "Los Campesinos, Hold on Now, Youngster (Wichita)". The Observer. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
Hogan, Marc (21 February 2008). "Los Campesinos!: Hold on Now, Youngster..." Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
Zimmerman, Shannon (April 2008). "Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster..." Spin. 24 (4): 100. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
"Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster...". Uncut (130): 88. March 2008.
No byline (11 December 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 December 2007
"Los Campesinos! admit to 'selling out' over Budweiser advert" NME Magazine 12 January 2012
"Ultratop.be – Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster..." (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
"Los Campesinos | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
"Los Campesinos! Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

v t e Los Campesinos!
Studio albums	Hold on Now, Youngster... We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed Romance Is Boring Hello Sadness No Blues Sick Scenes
EPs	Sticking Fingers into Sockets All's Well That Ends A Los Campesinos! Christmas
Singles	"The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future" "There Are Listed Buildings" "Romance Is Boring"
Related articles	Los Campesinos! discography

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[de] Hold on Now, Youngster…

Hold on Now, Youngster… ist das Debütalbum der walisischen Indie-Pop-Band Los Campesinos!. Es wurde im Vereinigten Königreich am 22. Februar 2008 von Wichita Recordings veröffentlicht. Es enthält 12 Tracks, obwohl nur 11 auf dem Backcover des Albums stehen. Der 12. Song ist 2007: The Year Punk Broke (My Heart), ein nicht aufgeführter Bonus-Track auf der CD und eine C-Seite bei der Doppel-Schallplatte.[1][2] Hold on Now, Youngster… erreichte den 72. Platz in den britischen Albumcharts.

- [en] Hold on Now, Youngster...

[it] Hold on Now, Youngster...

Hold on Now, Youngster... è l'album di debutto dei Los Campesinos!, pubblicato il 25 febbraio 2008 dalla Wichita Recordings. È composto da 12 tracce, anche se solo 11 sono in lista. È entrato al 72º posto nella classifica album del Regno Unito.

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