We Love the City
# We Love the City

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Pitchfork | 5.2/10 |

We Love the City is the third album by British indie rock band Hefner. It was released by Too Pure in two formats in 2000, the standard version and a second version with a disc featuring videos for "I Took Her Love for Granted" and "Good Fruit," as well as a John Peel session. The entire John Peel session was later released as the album Maida Vale. The album was reissued in 2009.

The album features vocals on a number of tracks by Amelia Fletcher, who is the vocalist for a number of bands (Marine Research, Heavenly, Talulah Gosh). This was the first Hefner LP to feature Jack Hayter as a permanent member.

Darren Hayman, lead singer and songwriter, has described We Love the City as his "favourite Hefner record".

## Track listing

* "We Love the City"
* "The Greedy Ugly People"
* "Good Fruit"
* "Painting and Kissing"
* "Hold Me Closer"
* "Don't Go"
* "The Greater London Radio"
* "As Soon As You're Ready"
* "She Can't Sleep No More"
* "The Cure for Evil"
* "The Day That Thatcher Dies"
* "Your Head to Your Toes"

The limited edition disc featured a Peel Session with the following songs:

* "The Greedy Ugly People"
* "The Cure for Evil"
* "She Can't Sleep No More"
* "The Day That Thatcher Dies"

## Track listing (2009 Reissue)

### CD1

* "We Love the City"
* "The Greedy Ugly People"
* "Good Fruit"
* "Painting and Kissing"
* "Hold Me Closer"
* "Don't Go"
* "The Greater London Radio"
* "As Soon As You're Ready"
* "She Can't Sleep No More"
* "The Cure for Evil"
* "The Day That Thatcher Dies"
* "Your Head to Your Toes"
* "Jubilee" (B-side)
* "Blackhorse Road" (B-side)
* "I Will Make Her Love Me" (B-side)
* "Seafaring" (B-side)
* "Christian Girls" (Boxing Version)
* "We Don't Care What They Say About Us" (B-side)
* "The Fear" (B-side)
* "The Greedy Ugly People" (Electric Sound of Joy Remix)

### CD2

* "Lee Remick" (Boxing Version)
* "The Hymn for the Things We Didn't Do" (Boxing Version)
* "The Hymn for the Coffee" (Boxing Version)
* "Seafaring" (Demo)
* "Painting and Kissing" (Demo)
* "Your Head to Your Toes" (Demo)
* "Hold Me Closer" (Demo)
* "The Cure for Evil" (Demo)
* "Good Fruit" (Demo)
* "The Greedy Ugly People" (Demo)
* "Hymn for the Telephones" (1st Version)
* "Seafaring" (4-Track Demo)
* "Lee Remick" (4-Track Demo)
* "Painting and Kissing" (Rehearsal Demo)
* "China Crisis" (4-Track Demo)
* "Good Fruit" (Wisdom of Harry Remix)
* "The Greedy Ugly People" (Baxendale Remix)
* "Painting and Kissing" (Rob Lord Remix)
* "Good Fruit" (Piano Magic Remix)
