Underdogs (album)
This article is about the Matthew Good Band album. For other uses, see underdog (disambiguation).
| Underdogs | ||||
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| Studio album by Matthew Good Band | ||||
| Released |
October 7, 1997 (CAN) August 25, 1998 (International) | |||
| Recorded | Greenhouse Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 57:27 | |||
| Label | Mercury Records, Darktown Records, Polygram Records | |||
| Producer | Warne Livesey | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Sputnikmusic | [2] |
Underdogs is the second full-length studio album by the alternative rock band Matthew Good Band. It was released in 1997 on Mercury Records. In a 2000 poll by music magazine Chart, Underdogs was voted the 18th Greatest Canadian album of all time.[3]
Commercial performance
Underdogs was the band's most successful album yet, being certified Platinum in Canada and being nominated for "Best Rock Album" at the 1999 Juno Awards.[4] By March 2003, the album had sold 200,000 units in Canada, [5] achieving Double Platinum status.
Track listing
All words by Matthew Good, all music by Good and Dave Genn, except where noted.
- "Deep Six" – 3:32
- "Everything Is Automatic" – 4:17
- "Apparitions" – 5:11
- "My Out of Style Is Coming Back" – 3:16
- "Strangest One of All" – 4:41
- "Middle Class Gangsters" – 5:37
- "Rico" – 3:26 (Good, Genn, Lloyd, Browne)
- "Prime Time Deliverance" – 5:33 (Good)
- "The Inescapable Us" – 3:12 (Good)
- "Indestructible" – 3:24
- "Invasion 1" – 4:04
- "Look Happy, It's the End of the World" – 3:47
- "Change of Season" – 7:21
Personnel
- Matthew Good Band
- Matthew Good - vocals, guitar, cover concept
- Ian Browne - drums
- Geoff Lloyd - Bass Guitar,
- Dave Genn - Guitar, Keyboards
- Note: Todd Kerns performs backing vocals on "Everything Is Automatic" and "Rico" (not part of MGB)
- Warne Livesey - Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- Frank Weipert - Manager
- Dean Maher - Assistant
- Zach Blackstone - Engineer
- Stephen Marcussen (Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, CA) - Mastering
- Legal: Jonathan Simkin
- Accounting: Davidson & Co.
- Don C. Tyler - Digital editor
- Leanne Petersen - Cover photos
- Andrea Marouk - Additional photos
- Garnet Armstrong - Album design
- Manufacturer: Darktown Records
- Distributor: A&M Records, a division of PolyGram Inc.
References
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r368040/review
- ↑ http://musicianforums.com/review/7270/Matthew-Good-Band-Underdogs/
- ↑ "Top 50 Canadian Albums Of All-Time (20 To 11)". Chart. Archived from the original on 2000-10-18. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
- ↑ "Awards". junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ↑ "Good Unleashes 'Avalanche In Canada". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
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