Join with Us (album)

The cover art was designed by Juno, a company who had previously produced artwork for Arctic Monkeys and The Zutons.[http://www.thefeeling.co.uk/blog/index.php?id=515 Weekly catch-up #61] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210065800/http://www.thefeeling.co.uk/blog/index.php?id=515 |date=10 December 2007 }}[http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3363163/-/EnlargedImage.html Cover art] The Feeling's covers and design is by Liz Harry, one third of the design team from Juno, but used this project to launch a solo design career.

The first 50,000 copies of the album were printed with an error in the booklet. The lyrics for "Don't Make Me Sad" were printed twice, and there are no lyrics printed for "Won't Go Away". Also, on these copies, the word "Connor", written either in the title of the song or in the lyrics itself is spelled with only one "n" as "Conor". However on the back of some copies, it is spelled as "Connor", while as "Conor" on others.[http://www.thefeeling.com/news.php?item=47 Rare Albums #61] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203140811/http://www.thefeeling.com/news.php?item=47 |date= 3 February 2009 }}

{{Album ratings

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|rev2 = Digital Spy

|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a89172/the-feeling-join-with-us.html Digital Spy review]

|rev3 = The Guardian

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|rev4 = Hot Press

|rev4score = 3.5/5[http://www.hotpress.com/music/reviews/albums/4497154.html Hot Press review]

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Initial critical response to Join with Us was generally positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 8 reviews.{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/feeling/joinwithus | title=The Feeling:Join With Us (2008): Reviews | publisher=Metacritic| accessdate=2009-03-24 }}

On 24 February 2008 Join with Us entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1, one place higher than the band's debut, Twelve Stops and Home.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2374/feeling/ |title=Feeling {{!}} full Official Chart History |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=20 July 2020}} The following week the album dropped to number 11, then to 18 the week after.

In the UK, the album sold more than 160,000 copies, and was certified Gold.

{{Track listing

| total_length = 54:38

| title1 = I Thought It Was Over

| length1 = 4:00

| title2 = Without You

| length2 = 4:49

| title3 = Join with Us

| length3 = 4:40

| title4 = Spare Me

| length4 = 4:27

| title5 = Turn It Up

| length5 = 3:52

| title6 = I Did It for Everyone

| length6 = 4:25

| title7 = Won't Go Away

| length7 = 3:48

| title8 = Loneliness

| length8 = 3:25

| title9 = Conor

| length9 = 3:41

| title10 = This Time

| length10 = 3:20

| title11 = Don't Make Me Sad

| length11 = 5:00

| title12 = The Greatest Show on Earth

| note12 = At 5:23 the song segues into the hidden track "We Can Dance"

| length12 = 8:44

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{{Track listing

| headline = iTunes Store bonus tracks

| title13 = You've Got Big Eyes

| length13 = 3:35

| title14 = I Thought It Was Over

| note14 = acoustic version; live video

| length14 = 3:27

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{{Track listing

| headline = 2-disc special edition bonus disc: Old Friends

| total_length = 31:15

| title1 = Sewn

| note1 = Dan's Original Version

| length1 = 4:51

| title2 = Video Killed the Radio Star

| note2 = live from the Hospital

| length2 = 3:45

| title3 = Fill My Little World

| note3 = acoustic version

| length3 = 3:06

| title4 = All You Need to Do

| length4 = 4:07

| title5 = Never Be Lonely

| note5 = acoustic version

| length5 = 3:36

| title6 = Don't Give Up

| length6 = 4:04

| title7 = When I Return

| length7 = 4:08

| title8 = Love It When You Call

| note8 = chorale version

| length8 = 3:38

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