No Mundane Options
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| name = No Mundane Options
| type = Album
| artist = The Paddingtons
| cover =No Mundane Options.jpg
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| released = 3 November 2008
| recorded = 2008
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| genre = Garage rock/punk
| length = 33:42
| label = Mama Bear
| producer = Tony Doogan
| prev_title = First Comes First
| prev_year = 2005
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No Mundane Options is The Paddingtons' second album, released on 3 November 2008, and released through their own Mama Bear record label.
Track listing
- "Punk R.I.P."
- "What's The Point in Anything New"
- "Shame about Elle"
- "No Mundane Options"
- "Sticky Fingers"
- "Molotov Cocktail"
- "You & I"
- "Plastic Men"
- "Stand Down"
- "Gangs"
- "Heartsong"
Critical reception
NME gave No Mundane Options a score of 6/10, saying that the album "finds [The Paddingtons] slumping into forgettable filler territory".{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-paddingtons/9975 |title=NME Reviews:The Paddingtons |last1=Pia |first1=Camilla |date=31 October 2008 |website=NME|access-date=23 November 2015}} James Skinner of Drowned in Sound gave the album a score of 4/10, finding that the Paddingtons "remain depressingly, predictably futile".{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13728/reviews/4135500 |title=Album Review: The Paddingtons—No Mundane Options |last1=Skinner |first1=James |date=24 October 2008 |website=Drowned in Sound |access-date=23 November 2015 |archive-date=24 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124140123/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13728/reviews/4135500 |url-status=dead }}