Living With the Living *

Rating

Album: Living With the Living *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Fourth World War
2)	Sons of Cain, The
3)	Army Bound
4)	Who Do You Love
5)	Colleen
6)	Bottle of Buckle, A
7)	Bomb. Repeat. Bomb.
8)	La Costa Brava
9)	Annunciation Day / Born On Christmas Day
10)	Unwanted Things, The
11)	Lost Brigade, The
12)	World Stops Turning, The
13)	Some Beginner's Mind
14)	Toro and the Toreador, The
15)	C.I.A.

Performer Notes

Initial pressings of LIVING WITH THE LIVING included a bonus CD featuring 5 tracks.
Ted Leo/Ted Leo & the Pharmacists: Ted Leo (vocals, guitar); David Lerner (bass guitar); Chris Wilson (drums, percussion).
Personnel: Chris "Poet" Wilson (drums).
Audio Mixers: Ted Leo; Brendan Canty.
Recording information: Blind Spot, Washington DC; Longview Farms, North Brookfield, MA.
Photographer: Shawn Brackbill.
On 2007's LIVING WITH THE LIVING, Ted Leo's first album for the venerable Touch & Go label, the Washington, D.C.-based indie/punk-pop hero leads his supremely tight Pharmacists ensemble through another collection of fierce, guitar-driven tunes. While the searing "Bomb. Repeat. Bomb." reveals Leo at his most aggressive and political, the earnest frontman also displays his pop sensibilities on LIVING, as exemplified by "The Sons of Cain," a hook-heavy, Pixies-like tune. Bolstered by bright, upfront production courtesy of Fugazi's Brendan Canty, the record reinforces Leo's revered status, and easily holds up to its acclaimed predecessors, HEARTS OF OAK and SHAKE THE SHEETS.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.80) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]racks like 'Colleen' and 'The World Stops Turning' reveal their gifts and even become pretty invigorating."

Spin (p.94) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Produced by Fugazi's Brendan Canty, it moves strikingly from punk to folk to reggae to noise to liberation theology."

Alternative Press (p.176) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "LIVING WITH THE LIVING takes steps back to New Jersey, with the sort of big rock 'n' roll, free of subcultural claim, that'd make the Boss proud..."

CMJ (p.39) - "[H]is most straight-ahead rock album yet. Each song is as catchy as the one before, with instant classics springing forward..."

No Depression (p.116) - "Leo devotes mind and muscle to songwriting that effectively carries on the true punk faith."

Mojo (Publisher) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] big-tableau statement that combines his musical and ideological passions."