Do You Like Rock Music?

Do You Like Rock Music?
Do You Like Rock Music?
Studio album by British Sea Power
Released	14 January 2008
Genres	Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length	54:37
Label	Rough Trade
Producers	BSP & Graham Sutton
British Sea Power chronology
Singles from Do You Like Rock Music?
	"Waving Flags"; Released: 7 January 2008; "No Lucifer"; Released: 10 March 2008;

Do You Like Rock Music? is the third album from the Brighton-based English band, Sea Power, then known as British Sea Power. It was released on 14 January 2008 in the UK and 12 February 2008 in the United States. The album is preceded by the Krankenhaus? EP, released on digital download on 8 October 2007.

It entered the UK Albums Chart at number 10 and the Irish Albums Chart at number 37.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The A.V. Club	A−^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[4]
The Guardian	^[5]
Mojo	^[6]
NME	7/10^[7]
Pitchfork	8.2/10^[8]
Q	^[9]
Spin	^[10]
The Times	^[11]

It is one of the few albums to not receive an actual numerical review from Pitchfork, instead initially receiving a rating of "U.2", with a middling review citing its ambitious nature while stating "Do You Like Rock Music? doesn't fail miserably... but disappoints gently." After a change to their site layout and rating presentation, that rating now appears as 8.2, though the review itself has not changed.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All in It"	Yan/BSP	2:11
2.	"Lights Out for Darker Skies"	Yan/BSP	6:36
3.	"No Lucifer"	Hamilton/BSP	3:27
4.	"Waving Flags"	Noble/Yan/BSP	4:07
5.	"Canvey Island"	Yan/BSP	3:41
6.	"Down on the Ground"	Hamilton/BSP	4:23
7.	"A Trip Out"	Hamilton/Wood/BSP	3:16
8.	"The Great Skua"	Noble/BSP	4:35
9.	"Atom"	Yan/BSP	5:38
10.	"No Need to Cry"	Hamilton/BSP	3:43
11.	"Open the Door"	Hamilton/BSP	4:56
12.	"We Close Our Eyes"	Yan/BSP	8:04

Personnel

Sea Power

Jan Scott Wilkinson ("Yan") – vocals, guitar
Martin Noble ("Noble") – guitar
Neil Hamilton Wilkinson ("Hamilton") – bass, vocals, guitar
Matthew Wood ("Wood") – drums

Additional musicians^[12]

Abi Fry – viola, string arrangements
Becky Foon – cello, string arrangements, choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Eamon Hamilton – harmonium
Phil Sumner – cornet
Graham Sutton – additional keys and programming
Basia Bulat – choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Bobby Bulat – choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Holly Rancher – choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Howard Bilerman – choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Jo Israel – choir (tracks 1 and 12)
Laura Kennison – choir (track 4)
Lisa Lindley-Jones – choir (track 4)
Vicky Oag – choir (track 4)
BSP – string arrangements

Technical personnel^[12]

Graham Sutton – mixing (except track 12), production
BSP – recording (tracks 4, 9, 10), production, packaging and photos
Howard Bilerman – recording (except tracks 4, 9 and 10)
Efrim Menuck – recording (except tracks 4, 9 and 10)
Jan Scott Wilkinson ("Yan") – mixing (track 12)
Milos Hajicek – assistant engineering
Laurence Aldridge – assistant engineering
Luke Joyse – assistant engineering
Tim Young – mastering
Stuart Hawkes – mastering
Matthew Wood ("Wood") – packaging and photos
Alison Fielding – packaging and photos
David Taylor – packaging and photos
The Outlying Station – sleeve notes

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[13]	97
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[14]	37
Scottish Albums (Official Charts)^[15]	14
UK Albums (Official Charts)^[16]	10
UK Album Downloads (Official Charts)^[17]	3
UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)^[18]	2
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[19]	5

Release history

Region	Date
United Kingdom	14 January 2008
Australia	9 February 2008
United States	12 February 2008

References

↑ "Reviews for Do You Like Rock Music? by British Sea Power". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Do You Like Rock Music? – British Sea Power". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ O'Neal, Sean (11 February 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
↑ Greenblatt, Leah (8 February 2008). "Do You Like Rock Music?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
↑ Petridis, Alexis (11 January 2008). "British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
↑ "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Mojo. No. 171. February 2008. p. 100.
↑ Nicolson, Barry (18 January 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". NME. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
1 2 Deusner, Stephen M. (12 February 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Q. No. 259. February 2008. p. 94.
↑ Wilson, MacKenzie (February 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Spin. Vol. 24, no. 2. p. 92. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
↑ Paphides, Pete (4 January 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". The Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
1 2 Credits adapted from CD liner notes.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 4, 2008". GfK Chart-Track. IRMA. Archived from the original. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 20/1/2008 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
↑ "Official Albums Chart on 26/1/2008 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart on 20/1/2008 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart on 20/1/2008 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
↑ "British Sea Power Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[1] "Reviews for Do You Like Rock Music? by British Sea Power". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[2] Monger, James Christopher. "Do You Like Rock Music? – British Sea Power". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[3] O'Neal, Sean (11 February 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[4] Greenblatt, Leah (8 February 2008). "Do You Like Rock Music?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[5] Petridis, Alexis (11 January 2008). "British Sea Power, Do You Like Rock Music?". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[6] "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Mojo. No. 171. February 2008. p. 100.

[NME-7] Nicolson, Barry (18 January 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". NME. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[Pitchfork-8] 1 2 Deusner, Stephen M. (12 February 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[9] "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Q. No. 259. February 2008. p. 94.

[10] Wilson, MacKenzie (February 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". Spin. Vol. 24, no. 2. p. 92. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[11] Paphides, Pete (4 January 2008). "British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?". The Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[Credits-12] 1 2 Credits adapted from CD liner notes.

[ac_Netherlands_British_Sea_Power-13] "Dutchcharts.nl – British Sea Power – Do You Like Rock Music?" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[ac_Ireland_-14] "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 4, 2008". GfK Chart-Track. IRMA. Archived from the original. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[ac_Scotland_-15] "Official Scottish Albums Chart on 20/1/2008 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2026.

[ac_UK2_British_Sea_Power-16] "Official Albums Chart on 26/1/2008 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[ac_UKDigital_-17] "Official Album Downloads Chart on 20/1/2008 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2026.

[ac_UKIndependent_-18] "Official Independent Albums Chart on 20/1/2008 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2026.

[ac_BillboardHeatseekers_British_Sea_Power-19] "British Sea Power Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

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(British) Sea Power
Jan Scott Wilkinson (Yan) Neil Hamilton Wilkinson (Hamilton) Martin Noble (Noble) Abi Fry Phil Sumner Tom White Alison Cotton Eamon Hamilton Matthew Wood (Woody)
Studio albums	The Decline of British Sea Power Open Season Do You Like Rock Music? Valhalla Dancehall Machineries of Joy Let the Dancers Inherit the Party Everything Was Forever
Soundtracks and other albums	Man of Aran From the Sea to the Land Beyond Happiness Sea of Brass Disco Elysium
EPs	Remember Me The Spirit of St. Louis Krankenhaus? Zeus
Singles	"Remember Me" "The Lonely" "Childhood Memories" "Carrion"/"Apologies to Insect Life" "A Lovely Day Tomorrow" "It Ended on an Oily Stage" "Please Stand Up" "I Am a Cider Drinker" "Waving Flags" "No Lucifer"
Related articles	Discography Roy Wilkinson Brakes