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