Easy Wonderful

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Easy Wonderful
Easywonderful.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 5, 2010
Recorded2008–2010
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock
Length41:34
Label Aware/Universal Republic
Producer Guster
Guster chronology
Ganging Up on the Sun
(2006)
Easy Wonderful
(2010)
Evermotion
(2015)

Easy Wonderful is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Guster, released on October 5, 2010, on Universal Republic. [1] From August 24 to October 18, 2010, videos for all of the tracks on the album were posted to Vimeo. [2] The first single from the album, "Do You Love Me?" was released on iTunes and through the band's website on August 3, 2010. [3] It was the last album to feature Joe Pisapia, who left the band shortly before the album's release.

Contents

Easy Wonderful peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 and reached number 2 on the Alternative Albums chart. [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Billboard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Entertainment Weekly B [9]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5 [11]

Easy Wonderful received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 81/100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [5]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Architects & Engineers"2:55
2."Do You Love Me"3:40
3."On the Ocean"4:22
4."This Could All Be Yours"3:32
5."Stay with Me Jesus"3:02
6."Bad Bad World"4:30
7."This Is How It Feels to Have a Broken Heart"3:23
8."What You Call Love"3:37
9."That's No Way to Get to Heaven"2:16
10."Jesus and Mary"3:30
11."Hercules"2:52
12."Do What You Want"3:55
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Well"2:38
14."Jonah"3:22
15."Lost at Sea"3:12
16."OK Alright (iTunes-exclusive track)"2:48

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak

position

The Billboard 200 [4] 22

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