El Rey (The Wedding Present album)


El Rey is the seventh studio album by The Wedding Present. It was released in the US on May 20, 2008, by Manifesto Records, and on May 26, 2008, in the UK by Vibrant Records/Pinnacle Records. The album is the band's first album since 2005's Take Fountain. El Rey was preceded by the first single "The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend" as a digital download only.

Track listing

  1. "Santa Ana Winds" - 3:56
  2. "Spider-Man on Hollywood" - 3:30
  3. "I Lost the Monkey" - 3:50
  4. "Soup" - 3:49
  5. "Palisades" - 3:51
  6. "The Trouble with Men" - 5:22
  7. "Model, Actress, Whatever..." - 3:58
  8. "Don't Take Me Home Until I'm Drunk" - 3:07
  9. "The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend" - 4:34
  10. "Boo Boo" - 6:23
  11. "Swingers" - 3:05
  12. "Back for Good" - 4:41 - iTunes Store only, cover of a Take That track

    Personnel

;The Wedding Present
Recorded and mixed by Steve Albini

Southern California references