Make the Cowboy Robots Cry

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{{Infobox album

| name = Make the Cowboy Robots Cry

| type = EP

| artist = Beachwood Sparks

| cover = makerobotscryalbum.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2002

| recorded = Slogan Studios

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alt-country

| length = 28:42

| label = Sub Pop

| producer = Scott Hackwith, Jimmy Tamborello

| prev_title = Once We Were Trees

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = The Tarnished Gold

| next_year = 2012

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/make-the-cowboy-robots-cry-mw0000218605|title=Make the Cowboy Robots Cry - Beachwood Sparks | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork Media

| rev4Score = 2.6/10{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15339-make-the-cowboy-robots-cry-ep|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423135333/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15339-make-the-cowboy-robots-cry-ep|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 23, 2007|title=Beachwood Sparks: Make The Cowboy Robots Cry EP: Pitchfork Record Review|date=April 23, 2007}}

| rev3 = Hour Community

| rev3Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last= MacFarlane |first=John|date=August 15, 2002 |url=http://hour.ca/2002/08/15/make-the-cowboy-robots-cry/|title=Beachwood Sparks – Make the Cowboy Robots Cry|work=Hour Community|publisher=Communications Voir|accessdate=February 19, 2015}}

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2score = {{rating-Christgau|dud}}{{Cite web|url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=beachwood+sparks|title=Robert Christgau: CG: beachwood sparks|website=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev5 = Stylus Magazine

| rev5Score = C{{cite web|last=Schultz|first=Dane|date=September 1, 2003|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/beachwood-sparks/make-the-cowboy-robots-cry-ep.htm|title=Beachwood Sparks – Make The Cowboy Robots Cry EP|publisher=Stylus Magazine|accessdate=February 19, 2015|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150219051315/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/beachwood-sparks/make-the-cowboy-robots-cry-ep.htm|archivedate=February 19, 2015}}

}}

Make the Cowboy Robots Cry is an EP by American alt-country band Beachwood Sparks, released in 2002, which featured the return of drummer Jimi Hey.