Know Better Learn Faster

{{Infobox album

| name = Know Better Learn Faster

| type = Album

| artist = Thao with the Get Down Stay Down

| cover = Thao Know Better Learn Faster cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 13, 2009

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length =

| label = Kill Rock Stars

| producer = Tucker Martine

| prev_title = We Brave Bee Stings and All

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = We the Common

| next_year = 2013

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 75/100{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/know-better-learn-faster/thao-with-the-get-down-stay-down |title=Know Better Learn Faster by Thao With The Get Down Stay Down Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=April 7, 2021}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/know-better-learn-faster-mw0001765559|title=Know Better Learn Faster - Thao & the Get Down Stay Down {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2016-04-08}}

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2Score = 7/10{{Cite web |url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/15095/reviews/4139047 |title=Album Review: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster |work=Drowned in Sound |date=February 9, 2010 |last=Bliss |first=Abi |access-date=April 7, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225044338/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/15095/reviews/4139047 |url-status=dead }}

| rev3 = Paste

| rev3Score = 8.6/10{{Cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/thao-with-the-get-down-stay-down/thao-with-the-get-down-stay-down-know-better-learn/ |title=Thao with the Get Down Stay Down: Know Better Learn Faster |work=Paste |date=October 13, 2009 |last=Maddux |first=Rachael |access-date=April 7, 2021}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4Score = 7.8/10{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13583-know-better-learn-faster/ |title=Thao with the Get Down Stay Down: Know Better Learn Faster Album Review |website=Pitchfork |date=October 15, 2009 |last=Deusner |first=Stephen M. |access-date=April 7, 2021}}

| rev5 = Under the Radar

| rev5Score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/know_better_learn_faster/ |title=Thao With the Get Down Stay Down: Know Better Learn Faster (Kill Rock Stars) |work=Under the Radar |date=November 6, 2009 |last=Leebove |first=Laura |access-date=April 7, 2021}}

}}

Know Better Learn Faster is the second studio album by alternative folk band Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. It was released on October 13, 2009 on the Kill Rock Stars label.

Background

"The record is primarily a response to the end of a relationship, so a lot of it is pretty reactionary. It’s trying to be introspective, but there’s always got to be a little 'fuck you' in there – or, sometimes there’s a lot."{{Cite web|url=http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/06/03/warding-off-demons-with-thao-nguyen-interview/|title=Warding off demons with Thao Nguyen (Interview) {{!}} Fuel/Friends Music Blog|website=www.fuelfriendsblog.com|access-date=2016-04-13}}

Title

Thao Nguyen explained the title of the album in an interview with KEXP: “The album is named ‘Know Better Learn Faster’ because you can't. By the time you realize you should, it's too late. And I enjoy the predicament and the totally devastating, unfunny humor of that.”{{Cite web|url=http://blog.kexp.org/2009/09/30/song-of-the-day-thao-with-the-get-down-stay-down-know-better-learn-faster/|title=Song of the Day: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down – Know Better Learn Faster|last=Cullen|first=Brian|website=The KEXP Blog|access-date=2016-04-13}}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| title1 = The Clap

| length1 = 0:33

| title2 = Cool Yourself

| length2 = 2:34

| title3 = When We Swam

| length3 = 2:58

| title4 = Know Better Learn Faster

| length4 = 3:49

| title5 = Body

| length5 = 3:12

| title6 = The Give

| length6 = 3:43

| title7 = Good Bye Good Luck

| length7 = 2:22

| title8 = Trouble Was For

| length8 = 2:47

| title9 = Oh. No.

| length9 = 2:46

| title10 = Fixed It!

| length10 = 2:57

| title11 = Burn You Up

| length11 = 2:28

| title12 = But What of the Strangers

| length12 = 3:37

| title13 = Easy

| length13 = 3:37

}}

References

External links

[http://www.thaomusic.com/ Thao Nguyen official website]

Category:2009 albums

Category:Thao & the Get Down Stay Down albums

Category:Kill Rock Stars albums

Category:Albums produced by Tucker Martine