We Love the City


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. 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

  1. "We Love the City"
  2. "The Greedy Ugly People"
  3. "Good Fruit"
  4. "Painting and Kissing"
  5. "Hold Me Closer"
  6. "Don't Go"
  7. "The Greater London Radio"
  8. "As Soon As You're Ready"
  9. "She Can't Sleep No More"
  10. "The Cure for Evil"
  11. "The Day That Thatcher Dies"
  12. "Your Head to Your Toes"
The limited edition disc featured a Peel Session with the following songs:
  1. "The Greedy Ugly People"
  2. "The Cure for Evil"
  3. "She Can't Sleep No More"
  4. "The Day That Thatcher Dies"

Track listing (2009 Reissue)

;CD1
  1. "We Love the City"
  2. "The Greedy Ugly People"
  3. "Good Fruit"
  4. "Painting and Kissing"
  5. "Hold Me Closer"
  6. "Don't Go"
  7. "The Greater London Radio"
  8. "As Soon As You're Ready"
  9. "She Can't Sleep No More"
  10. "The Cure for Evil"
  11. "The Day That Thatcher Dies"
  12. "Your Head to Your Toes"
  13. "Jubilee"
  14. "Blackhorse Road"
  15. "I Will Make Her Love Me"
  16. "Seafaring"
  17. "Christian Girls"
  18. "We Don't Care What They Say About Us"
  19. "The Fear"
  20. "The Greedy Ugly People"
;CD2
  1. "Lee Remick"
  2. "The Hymn for the Things We Didn't Do"
  3. "The Hymn for the Coffee"
  4. "Seafaring"
  5. "Painting and Kissing"
  6. "Your Head to Your Toes"
  7. "Hold Me Closer"
  8. "The Cure for Evil"
  9. "Good Fruit"
  10. "The Greedy Ugly People"
  11. "Hymn for the Telephones"
  12. "Seafaring"
  13. "Lee Remick"
  14. "Painting and Kissing"
  15. "China Crisis"
  16. "Good Fruit"
  17. "The Greedy Ugly People"
  18. "Painting and Kissing"
  19. "Good Fruit"