''Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone'' is the debut

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by the American

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band

the Walkmen The Walkmen is an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 2000. The band consists of Hamilton Leithauser (vocals), Paul Maroon (guitar, keyboards), Walter Martin (musician), Walter Martin (bass, organ), Peter Matthew Bauer (org ...

, released on March 26, 2002, by

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. The Walkmen celebrated the album's release by performing at the

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on April 6, 2002. 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. 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

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'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

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or the

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or Blondie, but that they, like their NYC peers

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, and Radio 4, evoke the gritty, urban energy so well."

Accolades

Track listing

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

Personnel

;The Walkmen *

Hamilton Leithauser James Hamilton Leithauser (born April 15, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the lead vocalist of the American indie rock band The Walkmen, with whom he wrote and recorded seven studio albums from 2000 to 2 ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

guitars The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* Paul Maroon -

pianos A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal tempe ...

* Walter Martin -

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, tapes * Peter Bauer -

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* Matt Barrick -

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;Additional Personnel * Kirsten McCord, Karen Waltuch, Meredith Yayanos -

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(3) * Harlem Horns -

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References

The Walkmen albums 2002 debut albums Startime International albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub