Good Bad Not Evil

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Good Bad Not Evil
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2007
Genre
Length35:28
Label
Producer The Black Lips
Black Lips chronology
Los Valientes del Mundo Nuevo
(2007)
Good Bad Not Evil
(2007)
200 Million Thousand
(2008)

Good Bad Not Evil is the fourth studio album by garage rock band Black Lips. The album was recorded in December 2006 and released on September 11, 2007. The title is a reference to The Shangri-Las song, "Give Him a Great Big Kiss".[ citation needed ]. Their song "Veni Vidi Vici" samples the song "I'm Going Home" by The Swamp Rats.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club B+ [2]
BBC Collective Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [4]
Entertainment Weekly A− [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 8.3/10 [8]
Stylus B [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Good Bad Not Evil has received generally positive reviews. On the review aggregate site Metacritic the album has a score of 73 out of 100, indicating "Generally favorable reviews." [11]

Licensing

Several songs from Good Bad Not Evil have appeared in films. "Bad Kids" and "Veni Vidi Vici" were featured in (500) Days of Summer . "Veni Vidi Vici" was also featured in Angel Camouflaged , while "O Katrina!" was featured in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World .

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I Saw a Ghost (Lean)"2:53
2."O Katrina!"2:52
3."Veni Vidi Vici"2:28
4."It Feels Alright"2:49
5."Navajo"2:41
6."Lock and Key"2:44
7."How Do You Tell A Child That Someone Has Died"2:30
8."Bad Kids"2:08
9."Step Right Up"2:11
10."Cold Hands"2:26
11."Off the Block"1:40
12."Slime and Oxygen"2:42
13."Transcendental Light (+Hidden Track)"6:03
iTunes Bonus Track [12]
No.TitleLength
14."Daddy Longlegs"2:39
eMusic Bonus Track [13]
No.TitleLength
15."My Struggle"2:36

Personnel

The following people contributed to Good Bad Not Evil: [14]

Black Lips

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
US Top Heatseekers 18 [15]

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