Hold on Now, Youngster...

Hold on Now, Youngster... is the debut album by British indie pop band Los Campesinos!, released in February 2008 on Wichita Recordings. It consists of 12 tracks, despite only 11 being listed. This is because "2007: The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)" appears as an unlisted track on the CD version, and as a C-side (the etched orange vinyl) on the double gatefold vinyl.[1][2] It entered the UK album charts at number 72.

Hold on Now, Youngster...
Studio album by Los Campesinos!
Released	22 February 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Indie pop, noise pop
Length	42:52
Label	Wichita, Arts & Crafts
Producer	David Newfeld
Los Campesinos! chronology
Sticking Fingers into Sockets (2007) Hold on Now, Youngster... (2008) We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed (2008)
Singles from Hold on Now, Youngster...
"Death to Los Campesinos!" Released: 18 February 2008 "My Year in Lists" Released: 12 May 2008

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The A.V. Club	A[5]
Blender	[6]
The Guardian	[7]
MSN Music (Consumer Guide)	A[8]
NME	6/10[9]
The Observer	[10]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[11]
Spin	[12]
Uncut	[13]

Initial critical response was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album was met with universal acclaim receiving an average score of 81, based on 29 reviews.[3]

"You! Me! Dancing!"

"You! Me! Dancing!" was released as a single on 4 June 2007 on Wichita. The song was number 72 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[14] The single version appears on the Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP, with a rerecorded, slightly longer and slower version of the song appearing on Hold On Now, Youngster....

The song was used as part of a Budweiser television advert in 2010.[15]

Track listing

Wichita WEBB160, Arts & Crafts A&C031

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Death to Los Campesinos!"	2:52
2.	"Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats"	3:35
3.	"Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s)"	3:22
4.	"Drop It Doe Eyes"	2:44
5.	"My Year in Lists"	1:51
6.	"Knee Deep at ATP"	2:49
7.	"This Is How You Spell "HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics""	4:20
8.	"We Are All Accelerated Readers"	2:54
9.	"You! Me! Dancing!"	6:48
10.	"...And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes in Unison"	2:50
11.	"Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks"	4:31
12.	"2007: The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)" (unlisted bonus track)	4:44

Japanese bonus tracks (Mallory Towers 70002)

No.	Title	Length
13.	"The International Tweexcore Underground"	3:16
14.	"C Is the Heavenly Option" (Heavenly cover)	3:17
15.	"Police Story" (Black Flag cover)	2:15

Release history

Date	Country	Label (Cat#)
25 February 2008	United Kingdom	Wichita Recordings (WEBB160)
1 April 2008	United States/Canada	Arts & Crafts (A&C031)

Notes

• On the vinyl version of the album, the black disc (containing the 11 album tracks) should be played at 33⅓ RPM, whereas the orange disc, with bonus track "2007..." on it, should be played at 45 RPM.

Charts

Charts (2008)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16]	97
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	72
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[18]	45

References

1. "Los Campesinos! forum - showing album details". Los-campesinos.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
2. "Gareth, talking about album on LC! forum". Los-campesinos.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
3. "Reviews for Hold On Now, Youngster by Los Campesinos!". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
4. Sendra, Tim. "Hold on Now, Youngster... – Los Campesinos!". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
5. Modell, Josh (7 April 2008). "Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
6. Dombal, Ryan (April 2008). "Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster ..." Blender (68): 80. Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
7. Simpson, Dave (22 February 2008). "Los Campesinos!, Hold On Now, Youngster". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
8. Christgau, Robert (April 2008). "Consumer Guide". MSN Music. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
9. "Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now Youngster…". NME. 15 February 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
10. Hodgson, Jaimie (17 February 2008). "Los Campesinos, Hold on Now, Youngster (Wichita)". The Observer. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
11. Hogan, Marc (21 February 2008). "Los Campesinos!: Hold on Now, Youngster..." Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
12. Zimmerman, Shannon (April 2008). "Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster..." Spin. 24 (4): 100. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
13. "Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster...". Uncut (130): 88. March 2008.
14. No byline (11 December 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 December 2007
15. "Los Campesinos! admit to 'selling out' over Budweiser advert" NME Magazine 12 January 2012
16. "Ultratop.be – Los Campesinos! – Hold On Now, Youngster..." (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
17. "Los Campesinos | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
18. "Los Campesinos! Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 February 2016.