A Coming of Age

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A Coming of Age
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Studio album by
Lucky Soul
Released19 April 2010 (2010-04-19)
Genre Indie pop
Length39:46
Label Ruffa Lane
Lucky Soul chronology
The Great Unwanted
(2007)		A Coming of Age
(2010)

A Coming of Age is the second album by British indie pop band Lucky Soul. It was self-released through Ruffa Lane Records in 2010.

Contents

The band began writing songs for the album in late 2008. Early the following year, they recorded five songs with the Stockholm Strings. [1] Frontman Andrew Laidlaw described the music as "somewhere in between Motown and The Smiths." [2] He noted that the album as "a bit darker and…more direct" than Lucky Soul's debut album The Great Unwanted . [1]

The album received mixed reviews from music critics. Pitchfork Media said that it "attempts a subtler maturation, with mixed results." [3] PopMatters commented that A Coming of Age "builds on their strengths but sees them developing that sound in several different directions…Sharp songwriting and musicianship makes all the difference." [4] The NME panned the album, writing that "Lucky Soul have taken things a sugar lump too far." [5] In his review for The Independent , Simon Price called it "one of the albums of the year, hands down." [6] AllMusic said that despite not reaching the "emotional heft and potency" of its predecessor, the album was "a consistent, consummate, brilliant piece of pop". [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Andrew Laidlaw

No.TitleLength
1."Woah Billy!"3:31
2."White Russian Doll"2:27
3."Up in Flames"2:57
4."Love³"2:11
5."Upon Hilly Fields"3:54
6."A Coming of Age"3:03
7."Warm Water"3:33
8."Ain't Nothin' Like a Shame (To Bring It All Back Home)"3:09
9."That's When Trouble Begins"2:42
10."Southern Melancholy"2:39
11."Our Heart"2:51
12."Could Be I Don't Belong Anywhere"3:28

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References

  1. 1 2 Valish, Frank (30 June 2009). "Lucky Soul". Under the Radar . Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Richards, Lucie (11 June 2010). "Sounds of summertime". Basingstoke Gazette . Newsquest . Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Hogan, Marc (20 April 2010). "Lucky Soul: A Coming of Age". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Heaton, Dave (18 May 2010). "Lucky Soul: A Coming of Age". PopMatters . Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Cooper, Leonie (9 April 2010). "Album Review: Lucky Soul - 'A Coming Of Age' (Ruffa Lane)". NME . Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Price, Simon (18 April 2010). "Album: Lucky Soul, A Coming of Age (Ruffa Lane)" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Hoffman, K. Ross. "A Coming of Age - Lucky Soul". AllMusic . Retrieved 6 December 2014.
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