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Underachievers Please Try Harder

Underachievers Please Try Harder
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Studio album by Camera Obscura
Released August 31, 2003
Genre Indie pop
Label Merge
Producer Geoff Alan, Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura chronology
Biggest Bluest Hi Fi
(2001)Biggest Bluest Hi Fi2001
Underachievers Please Try Harder
(2003)
Let's Get Out of This Country
(2006)Let's Get Out of This Country2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars
LAS Magazine Favorable
Robert Christgau (3-star Honorable Mention)
Pitchfork Media (8.0/10)
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars

Underachievers Please Try Harder is the second LP from the indie band Camera Obscura, released in 2003. The album was released in Australia by Popfrenzy.

Writing for Allmusic, critic Tim Sendra praised the album, again comparing the group to Belle and Sebastian and writing that "the band manages the rare feat of sounding full and rich without jamming every possible frequency with sound. It also throws in loads of imaginative little hooks that keep things lively". Scott Plagenhoef of Pitchfork Media wrote "Their honest, wide, and adult approach to heartbreak, romantic liaisons, and escapism is extended to the subtle range of influence — most of which is shown off on the tracks sung by John Henderson".

All tracks written by Tracyanne Campbell.

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