Album Info

Ignore the Ignorant (Deluxe Version)

Alternative - 2009

The Cribs display a greater discipline and focus on Ignore the Ignorant, tempering their rough-hewn attack with strategic refinements. The... more

Tracklist

1

We Were Aborted

3:09 min
2

Cheat On Me

3:24 min
3

We Share the Same Skies

3:15 min
4

City of Bugs

6:21 min
5

Hari Kari

3:44 min
6

Last Year's Snow

3:35 min
7

Emasculate Me

3:35 min
8

Ignore the Ignorant

3:18 min
9

Save Your Secrets

4:29 min
10

Nothing

3:41 min
11

Victim of Mass Production

4:08 min
12

Stick to Yr Guns

5:06 min
13

Girls Like Mystery (Live At the Ritz)

3:21 min
14

Our Bovine Public (Live At the Ritz)

2:32 min
15

Don't You Wanna Be Relevant? (Live At the Ritz)

3:46 min
16

Victim of Mass Production (Live At the Ritz)

4:04 min
17

Emasculate Me (Live At the Ritz)

3:43 min
18

I've Tried Everything (Live At the Ritz)

3:07 min
19

Women's Needs (Live At the Ritz)

4:10 min
20

Moving Pictures (Live At the Ritz)

3:04 min
21

Hari Kari (Live At the Ritz)

4:06 min
22

Another Number (Live At the Ritz)

3:09 min
23

Mirror Kissers (Live At the Ritz)

3:41 min
24

Be Safe (Live At the Ritz)

6:08 min
25

The Wrong Way to Be (Live At the Ritz)

5:02 min
26

I'm a Realist (Live At the Ritz)

3:38 min

About Ignore the Ignorant (Deluxe Version)

The Cribs display a greater discipline and focus on Ignore the Ignorant, tempering their rough-hewn attack with strategic refinements. The obvious new element here is the presence of guitarist Johnny Marr, whose primal riffage for the Smiths continues to be a key influence on modern rock. Marr’s gritty yet cogent playing fits the Cribs’ serrated melodies quite comfortably, lending pop-laced tunes like “Hari Kari” and the album’s title number extra heft. As before, lead singer Ryan Jarman defines the band’s attitude with his aggrieved, slightly cheeky swagger and his vinegary vocal delivery gives the chronic discontent of “We Were Aborted,” “Cheat On Me” and “Victim of Mass Production” a streetwise authority. “Emasculate Me” and “Nothing” pick up the generally morose tempo of the album with bursts of early punk effervescence. Jarman releases his inner Iggy Pop on lounge-tinged tracks like “We Share the Same Skies” and “Stick to Yr Guns.” With Marr on board, the Cribs display a greater maturity while retaining the guttersnipe edge that made their earlier records so much fun.