Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Studio album by Mogwai
Released	14 February 2011
Recorded	Chem19 Studios (Hamilton, Scotland)
Genre	Post-rock
Length	53:08
Label	Rock Action
Producer	Mogwai, Paul Savage
Mogwai chronology
Special Moves (2010) Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (2011) A Wrenched Virile Lore (2012)

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will is the seventh studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released in the UK and Europe on 14 February 2011 by Rock Action Records, and in the US on 15 February 2011 by Sub Pop.^[1][2]

The album's cover art is a photo of New York City as seen from the Hudson River.^[3] The inspiration for the closing track's title, "You're Lionel Richie", comes from what a hungover Stuart Braithwaite said when he ran into the singer at an airport.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Mogwai, except where noted.

1. "White Noise" – 5:04
2. "Mexican Grand Prix" (Mogwai, Luke Sutherland) – 5:18
3. "Rano Pano" – 5:15
4. "Death Rays" – 6:01
5. "San Pedro" – 3:27
6. "Letters to the Metro" – 4:41
7. "George Square Thatcher Death Party" – 4:00
8. "How to Be a Werewolf" – 6:23
9. "Too Raging to Cheers" – 4:30
10. "You're Lionel Richie" – 8:29

Bonus Tracks

• "Slight Domestic" – 5:35 (iTunes US / Japan bonus track)
• "Hasenheide" – 3:29 (Japan bonus track)

There is a limited edition including a bonus CD featuring a 23:23 minute long piece called "Music for a Forgotten Future (The Singing Mountain)" recorded for an art installation by Douglas Gordon and Olaf Nicolai in Essen, Germany.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[7]
NME	8/10[8]
Pitchfork Media	6.6/10[9]
PopMatters	6/10[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Slant Magazine	[12]
Spin	7/10[13]

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. received mostly positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 34 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will album liner notes.^[14]

Mogwai

• Mogwai – production
• Dominic Aitchison – bass guitar
• Stuart Braithwaite – guitar
• Martin Bulloch – drums
• Barry Burns – guitar, keyboards
• John Cummings – guitar

Additional

• Kate Braithwaite – additional voices
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Antony Crook – photography
• DLT – design
• Andrew Lazonby – additional voices
• Kiko Loiacono – additional voices (10)
• Niall McMenamin – additional engineer, mixing assistant
• Paul Savage – engineer, mixing, producer
• Kim Supajirawatananon – additional voices
• Luke Sutherland – additional guitar (1, 3); violin (1, 2, 9); human singing (2)

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[15]	78
Austrian Albums Chart[16]	49
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[17]	31
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[18]	39
Dutch Albums Chart[19]	83
French Albums Chart[20]	46
German Albums Chart[21]	27
Irish Albums Chart[22]	25
Scottish Albums Chart[23]	12
Swedish Albums Chart[24]	57
Swiss Albums Chart[25]	45
UK Albums Chart[26]	25
UK Indie Albums Chart[27]	4
US Billboard 200[28]	97
US Alternative Albums[28]	15
US Independent Albums[28]	14
US Rock Albums[28]	25

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