Hold on Now, Youngster...

The original album contains 12 tracks, despite only being 11 listed on physical versions. "2007: The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)" is an unlisted track on the CD release, and as a C-side on the double gatefold vinyl.

On 3 July 2007, "You! Me! Dancing!" was released as part of the Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP. A rerecorded, slightly longer version of the track appears on Hold on Now, Youngster..., and was promoted as the album's lead single. The song appeared at number 72 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.{{Cite magazine |date=11 December 2007 |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2007 |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215191720/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/18 |archive-date=15 December 2007 |access-date= |magazine=Rolling Stone}} The track appeared on a Budweiser television advert in 2010.{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Leonie |date=2012-01-12 |title=Los Campesinos! admit to 'selling out' over Budweiser advert |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/los-campesinos-12-1276604 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014143707/https://www.nme.com/news/music/los-campesinos-12-1276604 |url-status=live }}

Two more singles – "Death to Los Campesinos!" and "My Year in Lists", were released before the album became available on 22 February 2008. The latter was formerly part of the band's four-track My Year in Lists single.{{Citation |title=Los Campesinos! - My Year In Lists |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/167376-Los-Campesinos-My-Year-In-Lists |language=en |access-date=2022-11-23 |archive-date=23 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123114446/https://www.discogs.com/master/167376-Los-Campesinos-My-Year-In-Lists |url-status=live }}

Initial critical response was very positive. Metacritic gave the album an average score of 81 based on 29 mainstream critic reviews, asserting "universal acclaim".{{cite web |title=Reviews for Hold On Now, Youngster by Los Campesinos! |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/hold-on-now-youngster/los-campesinos! |accessdate=18 February 2010 |publisher=Metacritic |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105084732/http://www.metacritic.com/music/hold-on-now-youngster/los-campesinos! |url-status=live }}

Marc Hogan of Pitchfork called the debut "unusually taut and polished, with hooks, crescendos, and clever turns of phrase nearly always in the right place", citing "Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks" as the album's highlight.{{Cite web |last=Hogan |first=Marc |date=21 February 2008 |title=Los Campesinos!: Hold on Now, Youngster... |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11179-hold-on-now-youngster/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216010034/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11179-hold-on-now-youngster/ |url-status=live }} Dave Simpson of the Guardian, in a four star review, wrote the album was "impeccably arranged and sharply constructed, and showered in xylophones and violins".{{Cite web |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=2008-02-22 |title=CD: Los Campesinos!, Hold On Now, Youngster |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/22/popandrock.shopping1 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=23 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123114447/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/22/popandrock.shopping1 |url-status=live }}{{Music ratings

| MC = 81/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hold-on-now-youngster-mw0000505399 |title=Hold on Now, Youngster... – Los Campesinos! |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=7 August 2012 |last=Sendra |first=Tim |archive-date=16 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716000218/http://www.allmusic.com/album/hold-on-now-youngster-mw0000505399 |url-status=live }}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2score = A{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/review/los-campesinos-emhold-on-now-youngsterem-7163 |title=Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster |work=The A.V. Club |date=7 April 2008 |accessdate=7 August 2012 |last=Modell |first=Josh |archive-date=9 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209054433/http://www.avclub.com/review/los-campesinos-emhold-on-now-youngsterem-7163 |url-status=live }}

| rev3 = Blender

| rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=5021 |title=Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster ... |journal=Blender |issue=68 |date=April 2008 |accessdate=9 January 2016 |last=Dombal |first=Ryan |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510101513/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=5021 |archivedate=10 May 2008 |page=80}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/22/popandrock.shopping1 |title=Los Campesinos!, Hold On Now, Youngster |work=The Guardian |date=22 February 2008 |accessdate=7 December 2015 |last=Simpson |first=Dave |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072900/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/22/popandrock.shopping1 |url-status=live }}

| rev5 = MSN Music (Consumer Guide)

| rev5score = A{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2008-04.php |title=Consumer Guide |work=MSN Music |date=April 2008 |accessdate=7 December 2015 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140916/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2008-04.php |url-status=live }}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 6/10{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/los-campesinos/9462 |title=Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now Youngster… |journal=NME |date=15 February 2008 |accessdate=7 August 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064138/http://www.nme.com/reviews/los-campesinos/9462 |archivedate=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

| rev7 = The Observer

| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/17/popandrock.reviews2 |title=Los Campesinos, Hold on Now, Youngster (Wichita) |work=The Observer |date=17 February 2008 |accessdate=7 December 2015 |last=Hodgson |first=Jaimie |archive-date=20 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120022026/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/17/popandrock.reviews2 |url-status=live }}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 8.4/10{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11179-hold-on-now-youngster/ |title=Los Campesinos!: Hold on Now, Youngster... |work=Pitchfork |date=21 February 2008 |accessdate=7 August 2012 |last=Hogan |first=Marc |archive-date=25 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725181830/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11179-hold-on-now-youngster/ |url-status=live }}

| rev9 = Spin

| rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-mtlg-iLEtAC&pg=PA100 |title=Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster... |journal=Spin |volume=24 |issue=4 |date=April 2008 |accessdate=7 December 2015 |last=Zimmerman |first=Shannon |page=100}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster... |journal=Uncut |issue=130 |date=March 2008 |page=88}}

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Hold On Now, Youngster...

| title1 = Death to Los Campesinos!

| length1 = 2:52

| title2 = Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats

| length2 = 3:35

| title3 = Don't Tell Me to Do the Math(s)

| length3 = 3:22

| title4 = Drop It Doe Eyes

| length4 = 2:44

| title5 = My Year in Lists

| length5 = 1:51

| title6 = Knee Deep at ATP

| length6 = 2:49

| title7 = This Is How You Spell "HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics"

| length7 = 4:20

| title8 = We Are All Accelerated Readers

| length8 = 2:54

| title9 = You! Me! Dancing!

| length9 = 6:48

| title10 = ...And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes in Unison

| length10 = 2:50

| title11 = Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks

| length11 = 4:31

| title12 = 2007: The Year Punk Broke (My Heart)

| length12 = 4:44

| total_length = 42:57

| note12 = unlisted bonus track

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Japanese bonus tracks

| title13 = The International Tweexcore Underground

| length13 = 3:16

| title14 = C Is the Heavenly Option

| note14 = Heavenly cover

| length14 = 3:17

| title15 = Police Story

| length15 = 2:15

| total_length = 50:45

| note15 = Black Flag cover

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Remastered Deluxe Edition

| title13 = The International Tweexcore Underground

| length13 = 3:12

| title14 = We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives

| length14 = 2:21

| title15 = Frontwards

| length15 = 2:21

| note15 = Pavement cover

| title16 = In Accordance To Natural Law

| length16 = 0:30

| note16 = Bikini Kill cover

| title17 = How I Taught Myself To Scream

| length17 = 2:47

| title18 = Yr Boyfriend

| length18 = 0:42

| note18 = Casiotone for the Painfully Alone cover

| title19 = It Started With A Mixx

| length19 = 1:20

| title20 = The Eyebright Bugler

| length20 = 0:45

| total_length = 1:02:00

| note20 = Deerhoof cover

| title21 = Police Story

| length21 = 1:58

| note21 = Black Flag cover

| title22 = C Is The Heavenly Option

| length22 = 3:15

| note22 = Heavenly cover

| title23 = Clunk-Rewind-Clunk-Play-Clunk

| length23 = 0:36

}}

Los Campesinos!

• Gareth Paisey – writing, vocals, glockenspiel
• Neil Beale – writing, guitar
• Tom Bromley – writing, keyboard, guitar, backing vocals
• Ellen Waddell – writing, bass, backing vocals
• Aleksandra Berditchevskaia – writing, backing vocals, keyboard
• Ollie Briggs – writing, drums
• Harriet Coleman – writing, violin, keyboards, string arrangements, backing vocals

• David Newfeld – recording (1, 2-9, 10-12, 14, 17, 19)
• John Goodmanson – mixing (1, 2, 4-8, 10-12, 17)
• Simon Francis – mastering
• Steve Davis – recording, mixing (18, 20, 22)
• Luke Jones – recording, mixing (15, 23)

• On the vinyl version of the album, the black disc (containing the 11 album tracks) should be played at 33⅓ RPM, whereas the orange disc, with bonus track "2007..." on it, should be played at 45 RPM.

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