Things Are What They Used to Be is the third full-length studio album by British alternative rock / electronica band Zoot Woman

Zoot Woman

Zoot Woman are a British electronic music band consisting of Adam Blake, Johnny Blake and Stuart Price.Known for their live shows, the group has gained a worldwide following. With the album Living In A Magazine Zoot Woman established themselves on the music scene.Credited by many within the...

. The album spawned five singles, videos were created for "We Won't Break," "Memory" and "Saturation."

Track listing

1. "Just A Friend of Mine" – 3:09
2. "Lonely By Your Side" – 3:24
3. "More Than Ever" – 3:26
4. "Saturation" – 6:11
5. "Take You Higher" – 3:17
6. "Witness" – 3:34
7. "Lust Forever" - 2:46
8. "Memory" – 3:28
9. "We Won't Break" – 3:03
10. "Things Are What They Used To Be" – 4:15
11. "Blue Sea" – 3:34
12. "Live In My Head" – 4:05
13. "Things Are What They Used To Be (Desire Mix)" – 4:07

Personnel

• All tracks written and produced by Adam Blake
  Adam Blake
  Adam Blake may refer to:* Adam Blake, the alter-ego of Captain Comet* Adam Blake and member of electronic music band Zoot Woman...
  
  , Johnny Blake
  Johnny Blake
  Johnny Blake is an English musician and songwriter, best known as lead vocalist and guitarist of the electronic music band Zoot Woman...
  
   and Stuart Price
  Stuart Price
  Stuart Price is a three time Grammy-winning British electronic musician, songwriter, and record producer whose remixing and production skills are in demand by artists including New Order, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Missy Elliott, Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, Brandon...
  
  , except "Lonely By Your Side" written by Johnny Blake
  Johnny Blake
  Johnny Blake is an English musician and songwriter, best known as lead vocalist and guitarist of the electronic music band Zoot Woman...
  
  , Ingo Martens, Andre Winter and Sven Schumacher.
• Design and art direction: Haberdasherylondon
• Additional layout: Jon Matthews
• Image concept and photography: Matthias Krause and Norman Perke

Critical reception

Things Are What They Used To Be was met with positive, yet mixed reviews. While Neil Condron from Clash magazine argued that "they've reworked their own template," others claimed the exact opposite, for example Tom Hocknell from BBC Music, who said that their music "remains platitudinal electro."