Could It Be Different?
| Could It Be Different? | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 26 January 2018 | |||
| Studio | Suburban Home, Leeds | |||
| Length | 33:31 | |||
| Label | Fortuna Pop! (UK) Slumberland Records (US) | |||
| Producer | Matthew 'MJ' Johnson | |||
| The Spook School chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Clash | 9/10 |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 |
| The Line of Best Fit | 7.2/10.0 |
| The Skinny | |
Could It Be Different? is the third and final studio album by Scottish band The Spook School. It was released in January 2018 by Fortuna Pop! in the UK/EU and Slumberland Records in the US.
Clash called it "arguably [...] one of the most important albums of 2018". It was long-listed for that years Scottish Album of the Year Award.
Opener Still Alive begins with a clip of English comedian Josie Long taken from her show Romance and Adventure.
"If this government is grinding you down, or making you feel hopeless or beaten or anything like that, don’t let them do that to you, because seriously… fuck them."