We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love

We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love is an album by the rock group Half Japanese, released in 1990.[3]

We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love
Studio album by Half Japanese
Released	1990
Genre	Indie rock, punk rock, lo-fi
Length	40:51
Label	Ralph/T.E.C.[1]
Half Japanese chronology
The Band That Would Be King (1988) We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love (1990) Fire In the Sky (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Content

There are six cover songs, including "Gloria," a song by the band Them famously covered and rewritten by Patti Smith. Two songs were co-written with Daniel Johnston: "Titanic" and "Hand Without a Body."

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "with a rotating stack of fellow noisemakers, Jad manages to deliver some quietly cogent (if unexceptional) performances ('The Titanic,' 'All of Me,' 'Three Rings,' 'Secret' and a few others), but a sizable chunk of the record is unlistenably indulgent nonsense, noisy improvs in the musical sandbox."[4] Magnet counted the album as among the band's "most accessible, most listenable."[5]

Legacy

Kurt Cobain of Nirvana ranked it his 37th favorite album on his top 50 favorite albums list, published in Journals.[6][7][8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Every Hour"	2:46
2.	"Elevator Boy"	2:21
3.	"Gloria"	4:10
4.	"Ear"	1:34
5.	"The Titanic"	1:50
6.	"Our Eyes"	3:43
7.	"Spin"	0:42
8.	"Up and Down"	0:51
9.	"Run"	1:53
10.	"All of Me"	1:35
11.	"Hand Without a Body"	1:00
12.	"Going Home"	4:13
13.	"Three Rings"	1:47
14.	"How Did You Know?"	1:33
15.	"Then We Walk"	0:13
16.	"Secret"	2:16
17.	"Best"	2:10
18.	"The House I Live In"	1:01
19.	"Shanty Town"	2:26
20.	"Everything Is Right"	2:47

References

1. Marshall, Mary Ann. "Underground". Spin. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
2. Ankeny, Jason. "Half Japanese: We Are They Who Ache With Amorous Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
3. McGuinness, Paul. "HALF JAPANESE - VOLUME THREE: 1990- 1995". Record Collector. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
4. "Half Japanese". Trouser Press. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
5. Berkowitz, Kenny. "ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC: HALF JAPANESE'S "VOLUME 3, 1990-1995"". Magnet. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
6. "Kurt Cobain's Handwritten Top 50 Albums List".
7. "Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE]". Retrieved 8 May 2013.
8. Cross, Gaar, Gendron, Martens, Yarm (2013). Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7603-4521-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)