Hats Off to the Buskers

Hats Off to the Buskers is the debut album by Scottish band The View. It was released on 22 January 2007 on 1965 Records. It was reported on the band's official forum that the album had leaked to various internet sites in mid December 2006. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 1 on 28 January 2007. The album charted at No. 45 on the UK end-of-year album chart, after selling around 319,000 copies in 2007. The album has been certified platinum.^[1] It was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize.

The song "Wasteland" is also the background music for the Nike "Show Us Your 5" advertisement.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Gigwise	^[3]
NME	(8/10)^[4]
Sunday Times	^[5]
The Times	^[6]
Pitchfork Media	(6.2/10)^[7]

Initial critical response to Hats Off to the Buskers was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75, based on 17 reviews.^[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Kyle Falconer and Kieren Webster.

"Comin' Down" – 2:57
"Superstar Tradesman" – 3:13
"Same Jeans" – 3:33
"Don't Tell Me" – 3:22
"Skag Trendy" – 3:00
"The Don" – 3:09
"Face for the Radio" – 3:18
"Wasted Little DJs" – 3:57
"Gran's for Tea" – 2:33
"Dance into the Night" – 3:05
"Claudia" – 2:40
"Street Lights" – 2:57
"Wasteland" – 2:26
"Typical Time" – 0:35

US release w/ bonus tracks:

"Posh Boys"
"Skag Trendy" (live at Abertay University, Dundee)
"Same Jeans" (live at the Astoria, London)

Personnel

Kyle Falconer – vocals, guitar, piano
Kieren Webster – vocals, bass
Pete Reilly – lead guitar
Steven Morrison – drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	89
Irish Albums (IRMA)^[10]	3
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[11]	1
UK Albums (OCC)^[12]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[13]	45

References

^ "The View From the Top". Daily Record. 26 January 2007.
^ "Allmusic review".
^ "Gigwise review". Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
^ "NME review". NME. 19 January 2007.
^ Edwards, Mark (21 January 2007). "Sunday Times review". The Times. London.
^ Watson, Roland; Elliott, Francis; Coates, Sam. "The Times review". London.^{[dead link]}
^ "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.
^ "The View:Hats Off To The Buskers (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The View – Hats Off to the Buskers" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The View". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2007". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

v t e The View
Kyle Falconer Kieren Webster Pete Reilly Steven Morrison Darren Rennie
Studio albums	Hats Off to the Buskers (2007) Which Bitch? (2009) Bread and Circuses (2011) Cheeky for a Reason (2012) Ropewalk (2015) Exorcism of Youth (2023)
Extended plays	The View EP (2006) Cutting Corners EP (2011) Tight Hopes EP (2013)
Compilation albums	Seven Year Setlist (2013)
Singles	"Wasted Little DJs" "Superstar Tradesman" "Same Jeans" "The Don" "Skag Trendy" "Face for the Radio" "5 Rebbecca's" "Shock Horror" "How Long" "Tacky Tattoo"
Other	Discography Mark Ronson Paolo Nutini

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