Good Luck and Do Your Best

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Good Luck and Do Your Best
Gold Panda - Good Luck and Do Your Best.png
Studio album by
Released27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)
Genre Electronic
Length44:31
Label City Slang
Producer
Gold Panda chronology
Half of Where You Live
(2013)
Good Luck and Do Your Best
(2016)
Jag Trax
(as DJ Jenifa)

(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.5/10 [1]
Metacritic 79/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Consequence of Sound B [4]
Exclaim! 8/10 [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [8]
PopMatters 8/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [11]
Resident Advisor 3.6/5 [12]

Good Luck and Do Your Best is the third studio album by English electronic music producer Gold Panda. It was released through City Slang on 27 May 2016. [13] [14]

Contents

Track listing

Good Luck and Do Your Best track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Metal Bird"3:42
2."In My Car"4:27
3."Chiba Nights"4:01
4."Pink & Green"4:13
5."Song for a Dead Friend"4:19
6."I Am Real Punk"4:29
7."Autumn Fall"3:39
8."Halyards"4:11
9."Time Eater"4:52
10."Unthank"2:46
11."Your Good Times Are Just Beginning"3:46
Bandcamp edition bonus track
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
12."Time Eater"Ssighborggg featuring Luna6:46

Charts

Chart performance for Good Luck and Do Your Best
Chart (2016)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 108
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [16] 14
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [17] 15
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [18] 10

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