Goodbye, Killer

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Goodbye, Killer
Pernice Brother's Goodbye, Killer album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released15 July 2010
Genre Indie rock
Length32:05
Label Ashmont Records
Producer Joe Pernice
The Pernice Brothers chronology
Live a Little
(2006)
Goodbye, Killer
(2010)
Spread the Feeling
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (71/100) [1]
Review scores
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The Boston Globe (favorable) [3]
The Independent (favorable) [4]
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Pitchfork (5.8/10) [6]
PopMatters (6/10) [7]

Goodbye Killer is a Pernice Brothers album, released in 2010.

Track listing

  1. "Bechamel" – 2:25
  2. "Jacqueline Susann" – 2:18
  3. "We Love the Stage" – 3:25
  4. "The Loving Kind" – 3:28
  5. "Something for You" – 4:01
  6. "Goodbye Killer" – 3:58
  7. "The Great Depression" – 2:57
  8. "Newport News" – 3:35
  9. "Fucking and Flowers" – 2:40
  10. "The End of Faith" – 3:23

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