How We Operate

How We Operate
Studio album by Gomez
Released 2 May 2006 (US, Australia)
5 June 2006 (UK)
Recorded RAK Studios, London
Genre Rock, Urban Salsa
Length 51:40
Label ATO Records (US)
Shock Records (Australia)
Independiente (UK)
Producer Gomez
Gil Norton
Gomez chronology
Out West
(2005)
How We Operate
(2006)
Five Men in a Hut
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100 link
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Entertainment WeeklyB+ link
The Guardian 9 June 2006
The Independent 9 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 March 2007)
Pitchfork Media5.1/10 link
PopMatters8/10 4 May 2006
StylusA- 1 May 2006
The Times 28 April 2006

How We Operate is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Gomez, which was released in May 2006. The album was produced by Gil Norton and was recorded at RAK Studios, London. The band have again adopted the more minimalist and mellow sound for which they are famed and acclaimed. It received mostly positive reviews, and reached #69 in the UK charts.

Track listing

  1. "Notice" – 4:01
  2. "See the World" – 4:03
  3. "How We Operate" – 5:26
  4. "Hamoa Beach" – 3:34
  5. "Girlshapedlovedrug" – 4:00
  6. "Chasing Ghosts with Alcohol" – 3:42
  7. "Tear Your Love Apart" – 4:06
  8. "Charley Patton Songs" – 5:13
  9. "Woman! Man!" – 4:05
  10. "All Too Much" – 4:33
  11. "Cry on Demand" – 4:22
  12. "Don't Make Me Laugh" – 4:34

Trivia

Ben Ottewell wrote How We Operate the same morning he wrote Blackbird off his solo album Shapes and shadows, and was quoted saying "was quite a productive morning, I wish all hangovers were like that"

Was used as the closing music to the Hitcher featuring Sean Bean

Singles

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