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Which Bitch?

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Which Bitch?
Studio album by
The View
Released2 February 2009
Recorded2008
Genre
Label1965 Records
ProducerThe View
Owen Morris
The View chronology
Hats Off to the Buskers
(2007) 		Which Bitch?
(2009) 		Bread and Circuses
(2011)
Singles from Which Bitch?
  1. "5Rebeccas"
    Released: 27 October 2008
  2. "Shock Horror"
    Released: 2 February 2009
  3. "Temptation Dice"
    Released: 13 April 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
BBC(favorable)[3]
The Fly[4]
The Guardian[5]
NME(7/10)[6]
The Skinny[7]
The Times[8]

Which Bitch? is the second album from Scottish band The View which was released 2 February 2009.[9] Paolo Nutini guests on the track "Covers".[9] "Gem of a Bird" is about Kyle Falconer's girlfriend Katie Gwyther, with whom the song is a duet.[10]

The album received mixed reviews from critics and debuted at number 4 on the official UK Albums chart in its first week of release, but in stark contrast to its predecessor Hats Off to the Buskers it dropped down the charts quickly and spent two weeks in the UK top 40; it fell to No. 27 in its second week before dropping out altogether. Three singles were released from the album but all failed to reach the top 40; "5 Rebbecca's" and "Shock Horror" charted at No. 57 and #64 respectively. The album's third single "Temptation Dice" did not chart.

Track listing

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All songs written by Kyle Falconer and Kieren Webster, except ‘Distant Doubloon’ Written by Kyle Falconer and Owen Morris

  1. "Typical Time 2" – 1:36
  2. "5 Rebecca's" – 3:50
  3. "One Off Pretender" – 3:29
  4. "Unexpected" – 3:39
  5. "Temptation Dice" – 3:47
  6. "Glass Smash" – 4:20
  7. "Distant Doubloon" – 4:36
  8. "Jimmy's Crazy Conspiracy" – 3:47
  9. "Covers" – 3:23
  10. "Double Yellow Lines" – 4:09
  11. "Shock Horror" – 4:07
  12. "Realisation" – 3:41
  13. "Give Back the Sun" – 5:54
  14. "Gem of a Bird" – 3:32

Chart performance

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Chart Providers Peak
The Official UK Album Chart BPI / The Official UK Charts Company 4

References

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  1. ^ "Which Bitch? by The View". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Burgess, Keira. "BBC – Music – Review of The View – Which Bitch". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ "The domain www.the-fly.co.uk is registered by NetNames". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ^ Simpson, Dave (29 January 2009). "The View: Which Bitch?". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. ^ "The View". NME. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ "The View – Which Bitch? – The Skinny". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Login". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  9. ^ a b "The View's new album Which Bitch? – track by track". Daily Record. 12 December 2008.
  10. ^ "Gem of a Bird". Songfacts. Retrieved 14 April 2009.


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