Let's Stay Friends

Let's Stay Friends
Studio album by Les Savy Fav
Released	September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
Genre	Art punk, indie rock
Label	Frenchkiss Records
Les Savy Fav chronology
Inches (2004) Let's Stay Friends (2007) Root for Ruin (2010)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	87/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	A−[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[4]
MSN Music	A[5]
NME	9/10[6]
Pitchfork Media	8.3/10[7]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	[10]
Uncut	[11]

Let's Stay Friends is the fourth full-length album by Les Savy Fav. It was released on September 18, 2007. The album was #5 in NME albums of the year list, #16 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007, and #44 on Pitchfork Media's list.

The song "Raging in the Plague Age" is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the fictional radio station Radio Broker.

Track listing

1. "Pots & Pans" – 2:38
2. "The Equestrian" – 3:27
3. "The Year Before the Year 2000" – 2:26
4. "Patty Lee" – 3:51
5. "What Would Wolves Do?" – 2:56
6. "Brace Yourself" – 4:13
7. "Raging in the Plague Age" – 2:43
8. "Slugs in the Shrubs" – 2:40
9. "Kiss Kiss Is Getting Old" – 3:18
10. "Comes & Goes" – 3:01
11. "Scotchgard the Credit Card" – 3:06
12. "The Lowest Bitter" – 4:20

Credits

Les Savy Fav

• Tim Harrington – singer
• Seth Jabour – guitarist
• Syd Butler – bassist
• Harrison Haynes – drummer
• Andrew Reuland – guitarist

Additional personnel

• Toko Yasuda (vocals) – track: 8, 9
• John Schmersal (vocals) – track: 4
• Nicholas Thorburn (vocals) – track: 3, 5
• Eleanor Friedberger (vocals) – track: 10
• Catherine Herrick (vocals) – track: 4
• Chris Zane (drums) – track: 1, 10
• Matt Schulz (drums) – track: 3, 9
• Joe Plummer (drums) – track: 5
• Fred Armisen (drums) – track: 1, 4, 10
• Anawim "Nawi" Avila (saxophone) – track: 8, 12
• Adelquis E. Salom (trumpet) – track: 12
• Jason B. Silva (trombone) – track: 12
• Emily Haines (piano) – track: 10
• Aleah Robinson (violin) – track: 8

References