Let's Get Out of This Country
Let's Get Out of This Country is the third studio record by the Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura, released by Elefant Records on 6 June 2006. It was recorded in Sweden with the producer Jari Haapalainen, and arranged by Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John.
Let's Get Out of This Country
The album addresses themes of heartbreak, escapism and boredom. It received positive reviews from music critics, who noted that the band had distinguished themselves from Belle and Sebastian. Let's Get Out of This Country yielded four singles.
Singles[edit]
"Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken" was released as the album's lead single in May 2006, with B-side "Roman Holiday".[32] The song was written as a response to Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' 1984 song "Are You Ready to be Heartbroken?".[33] Campbell had been listening to Rattlesnakes and wanted to respond out of "pure and utter love for the song."[34] "Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken" includes a string arrangement and organ interlude.[32] It placed 38 on the 2006 Pazz & Jop list.[35] The song was ranked 118 on Pitchfork's list of the best songs of the decade,[36] and Mojo put it at 46 on its list of the best UK indie records.[37]
The music video for "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" depicts a couple dancing through Tokyo, a department store, and "Lloyd"-brand boxes in the style of Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes.[38] Campbell did not want to dance in the video, so it includes cuts of her standing still with a sullen expression.[39] An alternative video was directed by Victoria Bergsman, singer for The Concretes, and includes artwork by Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains's frontman François Marry.[40] The song was played over the opening credits of the films P.S. I Love You and Over Her Dead Body.
"Let's Get Out of This Country" became the album's second single. The song discusses boredom and wanting to change one's life. The single includes a gloomy cover of Sheena Easton's 1980 single "Modern Girl" as its B-side.[41]
The band released a single for "If Looks Could Kill" in January 2007. It had three new songs, including a cover of The Paris Sisters' 1961 single "I Love How You Love Me".[42] "If Looks Could Kill" uses hard-hitting percussion and guitar similar to The Velvet Underground.[43] The song was used on American TV program Grey's Anatomy.[42]
"Tears for Affairs" became the album's fourth and final single.[40] The song features Campbell singing softly over a bossa nova sound.[20]