Bang Bang Rock & Roll is the debut album from British

United Kingdom

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 rock band

Rock Band

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 Art Brut

Art Brut (band)

Art Brut are a Berlin-based English and German indie rock band. Their debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, was released on 30 May 2005, with its follow up, It's a Bit Complicated, released on 25 June 2007...

. It was re-released in 2006 with bonus CD.

Reception

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 Pitchfork Media

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 placed Bang Bang Rock & Roll at number 192 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s. Despite "Emily Kane" missing the top 40 by two copies, the album is collectively highly regarded by all established music critics according to the reviews aggregator Metacritic

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, with a mark of 83 indicating "Universal acclaim". Formed A Band is featured in "FIFA Street 2

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Track listing

1. "Formed a Band
   Formed a Band
   "Formed a Band" is the debut single from English-based indie rock band Art Brut, and the first single from their 2005 album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll. It reached number 52 on the UK Singles Chart in 2004....
   
   " – 2:58
2. "My Little Brother" – 2:23
3. "Emily Kane" – 2:41
4. "Rusted Guns of Milan" – 3:45
5. "Modern Art" – 2:23
6. "Good Weekend" – 2:49
7. "Bang Bang Rock & Roll" – 2:14
8. "Fight!" – 2:37
9. "Moving to L.A." – 3:29
10. "Bad Weekend" – 3:03
11. "Stand Down" – 2:51
12. "18,000 Lira" – 1:13

The title song was featured in the Xbox 360 videogame Saint's Row.

'Bang Bang Rock & Roll' was covered by the American indie rock band We Are Scientists

We Are Scientists

We Are Scientists is a New York-based indie rock band that formed in Berkeley, California in 2000. Originally formed of Keith Murray on drums, Chris Cain playing bass guitar and Scott Lamb providing vocals and guitar, before Michael Tapper became drummer and Keith became vocalist and guitarist...

 on their 2006 b-sides album Crap Attack

Crap Attack

Crap Attack is compilation album by American rock band We Are Scientists, released on November 6, 2006 in the UK. The album is a compilation of b-sides and rarities. It contains covers of "Hoppípolla" by Icelandic band Sigur Rós, "Bang Bang Rock & Roll" by British band Art Brut, "Be My Baby" by...

2006 re-release bonus CD

1. "These Animal Menswear" – 2:06
2. "It's About Time" – 3:10
3. "Maternity Ward" – 3:16
4. "Every Other Weekend" – 2:02
5. "Home Altars of Mexico" – 2:41
6. "Really Bad Weekend" – 3:47
7. "Rusted Guns of Milan (Live)" – 4:26
8. "Modern Art (Live)" – 3:48
9. "Moving to LA (Live)" – 5:45
10. "My Little Brother (Live)" – 3:39

Bonus tracks on US edition

13. "These Animal
    These Animal Men
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     Menswe@r
    Menswe@r
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    " – 2:05
14. "Really Bad Weekend" – 3:47
15. "Maternity Ward" – 3:15

Bonus tracks on iTunes edition

(after the three bonus tracks of the US edition, there are these additional tracks.)

16. "Every Other Weekend" – 2:08
17. "Home Altars of Mexico" – 2:47
18. "Rusted Guns of Milan" (Live) – 4:32
19. "Modern Art" (Live) – 3:54
20. "My Little Brother" (Live) – 3:41
21. "Moving to L.A." (Live) – 5:50

Hidden track

• A hidden track "Subliminal Desire for Adventure" can be found in the pregap
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   of the CD—the first track must be rewound to hear the song.

Credits

• Eddie Argos
  Eddie Argos
  Eddie Argos is the lead singer of English rock band Art Brut,born in Weymouth, England. He later moved to Poole, Dorset as a young child, and has subsequently written about the Martin Kemp-Welch School there , in the song Martin Kemp-Welch Five A Side Football Rules from the album Brilliant! Tragic!...
  
   - vocals
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• Ian Catskilkin - Guitar
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• Chris Chinchilla - Guitar
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• Freddy Feedback - Bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Mike Breyer - drums
  Drum kit
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