Come On Die Young

Label
Chemikal Underground
Release date
31 Oct 2006
Running length
12 tracks
Running time
67:18

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Punk Rock: 2:08 55,528
2 Cody 6:31 174,282
3 Helps Both Ways 4:52 117,078
4 Year 2000 Non-Compliant Cardia 3:26 80,341
5 Kappa 4:51 126,154
6 Waltz For Aidan 3:43 104,581
7 May Nothing But Happiness Come through Your Door 8:27 72,509
8 Oh! How The Dogs Stack Up 2:03 87,689
9 Ex-Cowboy 9:07 90,384
10 Chocky 9:21 95,398
11 Christmas Steps 10:36 88,025
12 Punk Rock/ Puff Daddy/ Antichrist 2:13 3,080

About this album

Come on Die Young (also known as CODY), is the second full-length studio album by the Scottish Instrumental 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 meandering, 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.

It received a somewhat muted reception when compared to Mogwai Young Team. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, writing for Allmusic, wrote:

“ 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. “

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  • vaguelyhumanoid

    A lot of the first haf is overy samey and meandering but the second half is fucking great. (Also, all the interior artwork in the iner notes is better than the cover.)

    21 Jul 6:08am Reply
  • caveinternetum

    yes yes yes, love it

    26 Jun 7:48pm Reply
  • itshorrorshow

    Getting in love with this.

    27 May 7:34am Reply
  • ery-san

    crappy artwork

    18 May 9:53pm Reply
  • Alekseer

    So progressive. Awesome.

    14 May 10:01pm Reply
  • GreyDadel

    Their worst. I like Mogwai but this is just boring.

    16 Dec 2013 Reply
  • dAdriano

    ★★★★★

    29 Aug 2013 Reply
  • whalleywhat

    This is their best work. The first half is lovely in a really spare way that they lost with their more densely arranged later material, and the second half just destroys everything.

    25 Jun 2013 Reply
  • djingsken

    Amazing album

    16 May 2013 Reply
  • _Karlos_

    I don't know how this album got some bad reviews when released... Their best album, it's just perfect.

    13 May 2013 Reply
  • fast_german_car

    their best, top with mr beast and hardcore will never die...

    7 Jan 2013 Reply
  • fbalandr

    my mogwai favorite album !!!!

    9 Nov 2012 Reply
  • Tuborggoenner

    This carries me away every single time I start listening to it....sigh... :D

    26 Oct 2012 Reply
  • ShoesMcCoat

    Can't find a more perfect album.

    22 Oct 2012 Reply
  • Roll_Mann

    scary artwork. good though.

    11 Sep 2012 Reply
  • vertsk8er419

    the cover is hilarious, and intended to be

    11 Aug 2012 Reply
  • gonzeaux

    Quintessential Mogwai, this is them completely in their element. The album weaves from song to song, it's... well, it's beautiful, really. I'd take this over Young Team any day of the week

    27 Jul 2012 Reply
  • thegenuinemoz

    Having recently got into Codeine through Mogwai getting them to play at ATP, I can totally hear the influence they had one this album, which makes me love it even more than I already do. And it's already one of my favourite albums.

    6 Jul 2012 Reply
  • mk741

    An excellent mixture of slowcore and post-rock. In no way deserving of the "disappointing follow-up" label it gets.

    25 Jun 2012 Reply
  • HateMachine314

    Stumbled upon this album through Ian Rankin. Very glad I did.

    1 Jun 2012 Reply
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