We Have You Surrounded

Infobox Album |
Name = We Have You Surrounded
Type = Album
Artist = The Dirtbombs


Released = 2008
Recorded = May 2003
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = In the Red
Producer = Mick Collins
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fqxzljldfe link]
* Dusted [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4097 link]
*Ktsch rating|6.5|10 [http://www.ktsch.com/index.php?option=com_simple_review&review=169-The-Dirtbombs-February-12-2008-We-Have-You-Surrounded&Itemid=0 link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/48694-we-have-you-surrounded link]
*PopMatters rating|8|10 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/55386/the-dirtbombs-we-have-you-surrounded/ link]
*Time Out rating|3|6 [http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/music/26681/the-dirtbombs#articleAfterMpu link] |
Last album = "If You Don’t Already Have a Look"
(2005)
This album = "We Have You Surrounded"
(2008)|

"We Have You Surrounded" is the fourth album by the American rock music group The Dirtbombs.

Production

Recording of "We Have You Surrounded", began in November 2006 as a five song EP. The length of time since the band's last full-length, 2003's "Dangerous Magical Noise", led to the decision to finish it as an LP, once again postponing the band's long-planned bubblegum record. [cite web|url=http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=12447|title=Pay Dirt Detroit Metro Times Article] Recording resumed in the summer of 2007, and "We Have You Surrounded" was released in February 2008.Far from being a bubblegum record, the album's themes are dark, based on Alan Moore's "Leopard Man at C & A'", which is described by Collins as "a fabulous take on urban paranoia" [ cite web|url=http://www.clevescene.com/2007-11-21/music/detroit-rock-city|title=Cleveland Scene: Detroit Rock City] .

Two cover songs were recorded for "We Have you Surrounded". The first being the new wave song "Sherlock Holmes", originally by the band Sparks from the album "Angst in My Pants" (1982). [ cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/47941-the-dirtbombs-sherlock-holmes-sparks-cover-mp3stream|title=Pitchfork Forkcast: New Music: The Dirtbombs: "Sherlock Holmes" (Sparks cover) [MP3/Stream] ] . The second cover was of the song "Fire in the Western World" by the garage rock band Dead Moon. [ cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fqxzljldfe|title=allmusic ((( We Have You Surrounded > Overview )))] .

The cover illustration and lettering were done by Gary Panter.

Track listing

tracklist
all_writing = Mick Collins, except where noted
headline = We Have You Surrounded
title1 = It's Not Fun Until They See You Cry
length1 = 2:36
title2 = Ever Lovin Man
length2 = 2:45
title3 = Indivisible
length3 = 3:06
title4 = Sherlock Holmes
note4 = Ron Mael, Russell Mael
length4 = 3:27
title5 = Wreck My Flow
length5 = 5:11
title6 = Leopardman at C&A
note6 = Alan Moore
length6 = 4:17
title7 = Fire in the Western World
note7 = Cole
length7 = 3:17
title8 = Pretty Princess Day
length8 = 2:38
title9 = I Hear the Sirens
length9 = 2:28
title10 = They Have Us Surrounded
length10 = 3:03
title11 = Race to the Bottom
length11 = 8:21
title12 = La Fin du Monde
note12 = Mick Collins, MacConaill
length12 = 4:16

Personnel

* Ben Blackwell — Performer
* Mick Collins — Producer, Performer
* Troy Gregory — Performer
* Jim Kissling — Engineer, Mixing
* Chris Koltay — Engineer
* Erik Maluchnik — Engineer
* Patrick Pantano — Performer
* Ko Melina Zydeco — Performer

References