Young for Eternity

Young for Eternity is the debut studio album by British rock band the Subways. The album was released on 4 July 2005 by City Pavement/Infectious Records. It reached number 32 in the UK charts and was certified gold in January 2007 for shipments of 100,000 units and generated four UK Top 30 singles.

Young for Eternity
Studio album by the Subways
Released	4 July 2005
Recorded	2005
Studio	Elevator Studios, Liverpool
Genre	Garage rock,^[1] rock and roll^[2]
Length	42:26
Label	Infectious
Producer	Ian Broudie
The Subways chronology
Young for Eternity (2005) All or Nothing (2008)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100 (19 reviews)^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	^[4]
NME	(6/10) ^[1]
PopMatters	(7/10) ^[5]
Allmusic	^[2]
Prefix	^[6]
BBC	(Positive) ^[7]
The A.V. Club	A− ^[8]
E!	B+ ^[9]
Slant	^[10]
Pitchfork Media	(6.6/10) ^[11]
Rolling Stone	^[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Subways

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say"	3:24
2.	"Holiday"	1:50
3.	"Rock & Roll Queen"	2:50
4.	"Mary"	2:59
5.	"Young for Eternity"	2:06
6.	"Lines of Light"	2:12
7.	"Oh Yeah"	2:57
8.	"City Pavement"	2:44
9.	"No Goodbyes"	3:30
10.	"With You"	3:00
11.	"She Sun"	3:20
12.	"Somewhere"	4:46
13.	"At 1 AM"	1:51
Total length:		42:26

Personnel

• The Subways – Music on all Tracks
• Billy Lunn – Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics on all Tracks
• Charlotte Cooper – Bass, Vocals
• Josh Morgan – Drums
• Ian Broudie – Producer, Mixing
• Jon Gray – Engineer, Mixing
• Stuart Nicholls – Photography
• Sarh Foley – Sleeve Design
• Stage Three Music LTD. – Publishing

German Special Edition CD (released 2006)

This special edition – distributed through Warner Music Group Germany (Infectious Records | 2564 63722-2) – has a white artwork. Instead of the missing Hidden Track it features a special enhanced part:

• Oh Yeah (Video)
• Rock & Roll Queen (Video)
• With You (Video)
• No Goodbyes (Video)
• The Subways: Live & Loud (Documentary; 25 minutes)

Album singles

Single information
"1am" Released: 4 October 2004 B-side: "You Got Me"
"Oh Yeah" Released: 21 March 2005 B-side: Take Me Away
"Rock & Roll Queen" Released: 20 June 2005 B-side: Automatic
"With You" Released: 12 September 2005 B-side: A Plain Above
"No Goodbyes" Released: 12 December 2005 B-side: Road To Nowhere

Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Top Heatseekers
2006	Young For Eternity	15

References

1. "The Subways: Young For Eternity". NME. 12 September 2005.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Young for Eternity at AllMusic
3. "The Subways – Young For Eternity". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 16 February 2006.
4. Simpson, Dave (1 July 2005). "The Subways, Young for Eternity". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
5. "PopMatters review".
6. cpacifico (3 May 2022). "The Subways - Young For Eternity Album Review - Prefixmag.com".
7. "BBC review".
8. "The A.V. Club review". The A.V. Club.
9. . Archived from the original on 12 October 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2006.
10. . Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 September 2006.
11. "The Subways: Young for Eternity Album Review – Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
12. Greene, Andy (6 February 2006). . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 8 February 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2017.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)