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Come on Die Young

Come On Die Young
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Studio album by Mogwai
Released 29 March 1999
Recorded Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York, USA, Cava Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
Genre Post-rock
Length 67:32
Label Chemikal Underground, Matador
Producer Dave Fridmann
Mogwai chronology
Mogwai Young Team
(1997)
Come On Die Young
(1999)
Rock Action
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars
Drowned in Sound 10/10
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3/5 stars
Melody Maker 2.5/5 stars
NME 8/10
Pitchfork Media 8.3/10
Q 4/5 stars
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars
Spin 7/10
The Village Voice C

Come On Die Young (also known as CODY), is the second full-length studio album by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released on 29 March 1999 by Chemikal Underground.

It is somewhat different from the rest of Mogwai's work because of its reserved tone. The album's second track, "Cody" is much more like a traditional pop song than most of the band's repertoire. Still slow and sinuous, it features an uncharacteristically distinct melody, slide guitar and relatively prominent vocals. Much of Come On Die Young consists of slow, quiet, drum-driven tracks containing tense, feedback-laden crescendos and occasionally ambient textures. Near the end of the album, the bombastic "Christmas Steps" breaks away from this quiet tension and displays a return to Mogwai's more well-known distortion-heavy dynamics. The album's title derives from a Glasgow gang of the same name.

It received a somewhat muted reception when compared to Mogwai Young Team. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for AllMusic, wrote that "perhaps Come On Die Young wouldn't have seemed as disappointing if it hadn't arrived on the wave of hype and expectation, but the truth is, it pales in comparison to their own work."

All songs and music were written by Mogwai.

2014 re-issue extra tracks (Vinyl + CD releases).


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