Critical reception
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The Guardian called Our Aim Is to Satisfy the band's best album to date, writing that they intersperse "moody, atmospheric instrumentals with funkier, soulful vocal tracks to make a collection that flows smoothly from beginning to end, a soundtrack for urban Britain that suggests a more revved-up Massive Attack."[6]
Track listing
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Title Music 1. "Keeping Pigs Together" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Richard Thair 5:24 2. "Some Kind of Kink" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Joseph Ellington David Essex Richard Thair 5:26 3. "Shellback" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Karime Kendra Richard Thair 5:44 4. "Don't Go Nowhere" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Richard Thair Jake Williams 4:50 5. "The Rake" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Joseph Ellington Richard Thair 5:14 6. "The Rough and the Quick" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Karime Kendra Richard Thair Jake Williams 5:06 7. "Bussing" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Richard Thair 5:24 8. "I Stole Your Car" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Joseph Ellington Richard Thair 5:14 9. "Alaska Street" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Richard Thair 5:01 10. "Belladonna" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Richard Thair 4:27 11. "They're Hanging Me Tonight" Alistair "Ali" Friend David Ayer Richard Thair 6:07
Personnel
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Credits adapted from liner notes.
David Ayers – guitar, keyboards
Ali Friend – electric bass, double bass
Richard Thair – drums, decks
MC Det – vocals
Karime Kendra – vocals
Jake Williams – keyboards
Darren Morris – keyboards
Mike Kearsy – trombone
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