None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive

None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive
Mixtape by
the Streets
Released10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
Length39:01
LabelIsland
The Streets chronology
Computers and Blues
(2011) 		None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive
(2020) 		The Darker the Shadow, the Brighter the Light
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Clash6/10[3]
DIY[4]
Exclaim!7/10[5]
Mojo[6]
musicOMH[7]
NME[8]
Pitchfork5.5/10[9]
Q[10]
Uncut[11]

None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive is a mixtape by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner, under his music project the Streets. It was released on 10 July 2020 under Island Records.[12]

Singles

On 14 April 2020, the Streets announced the first single "Call My Phone Thinking I'm Doing Nothing Better", which features Australian artist Tame Impala.[13] The second single "I Wish You Loved You As Much As You Love Him", which features Greentea Peng and Donae'o, was released on 4 June 2020.[14]

Critical reception

None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 73, based on 15 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 68 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 26 reviews.[15]

Track listing

Track listing adapted from Tidal[16]

None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Call My Phone Thinking I'm Doing Nothing Better" (featuring Tame Impala)
2:49
2."None of us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive" (featuring Idles)
  • M. Skinner
  • Adam Debonshire
  • Jack Looker
  • Jonathan Beavis
  • Joe Talbot
  • Lee Kiernan
3:53
3."I Wished You Loved You As Much As You Love Him" (featuring Greentea Peng and Donae'o)
  • M. Skinner
  • Aria Wells
  • Ian Greenidge
2:54
4."You Can't Afford Me" (featuring Ms Banks)
3:06
5."I Know Something You Did" (featuring Jesse James Solomon and Eliza)
  • M. Skinner
  • Eliza Caird
  • Jesse Willis
  • W. Bennett
3:39
6."Eskimo Ice" (featuring Kasien)
  • M. Skinner
  • Kasien Daly
3:22
7."Phone is Always in My Hand" (featuring Dapz On The Map)
  • M. Skinner
  • Daniel Francis
3:20
8."The Poison I Take Hoping You Will Suffer" (featuring Oscar #Worldpeace)
  • M. Skinner
  • Daniel Natoro
  • Oscar Antwi-Nyanin
3:20
9."Same Direction" (featuring Jimothy)
  • M. Skinner
  • Jimothy Lacoste
3:15
10."Falling Down" (featuring Hak Baker)
  • M. Skinner
  • Hakeem Omarley Baker
2:52
11."Conspiracy Theory Freestyle" (featuring Rob Harvey)
  • M. Skinner
  • Robert Harvey
3:04
12."Take Me As I Am" (featuring Chris Lorenzo)
  • M. Skinner
  • Christopher Lawrence
3:07
Total length:39:01

Charts

Chart performance for None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 179
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 30
Irish Albums (OCC)[19] 35
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 22
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 2

References

  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  2. ^ Monger, Timothy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ^ Murray, Robin (10 July 2020). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ^ Swann, Emma. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ^ Gormely, Ian (9 July 2020). "The Streets Stick to What They're Good at on 'None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. ^ If midlife crisis haunts the 40-year-old Skinner, encroaching mortality is re-energised by juniors like neo-soul sister Greentea Peng's soporific vibrations on I Wish You Loved You As Much As You Love Him. [Aug 2020, p.93]
  7. ^ Oxley, Lewis (13 July 2020). "The Streets – None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive". musicOMH. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  8. ^ Cooper, Leonie (8 July 2020). "The Streets – 'None of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive' review: a star-studded return from Mike Skinner". NME. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  9. ^ Pearce, Sheldon (16 July 2020). "The Streets: None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  10. ^ The star of the show remains the Brummie Everygeezer and his droll, unceremoniously-delivered bars. [Summer 2020, p.100]
  11. ^ While The Streets' five LPs each had a distinct narrative, this is different - skittish investigations into the expanded and exciting taste of a now fortysomething workaholic. [Aug 2020, p.36]
  12. ^ Moore, Sam (13 April 2020). "The Streets share Tame Impala collaboration and full details of new mixtape". NME. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  13. ^ "The Streets Link Up With Tame Impala On New Track". DIY. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  14. ^ "The Streets Share "I Wish You Loved You As Much As You Love Him"". DIY. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  16. ^ "None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive". Tidal. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – The Streets – None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Streets – None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  21. ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Streets – None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  22. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 July 2020.


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