Life Coach (album)

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Life Coach
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Studio album by
Phil Manley
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2011 (2011-01-25)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 64/100 [1]
Review scores
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The 4058/10 [2]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Loud and Quiet 2/10 [4]
NME 6/10 [5]
Pitchfork Media 6.5/10 [6]
Popmatters 5/10 [7]

Life Coach is a studio album by Phil Manley of the band Trans Am, released in 2011.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."FT2 Theme"2:35
2."Commercial Potential"3:01
3."Lawrence, KS"4:05
4."Forest Opening Theme"4:15
5."Work It Out"5:06
6."Make Good Choices"3:37
7."Gay Bathers"1:27
8."Night Visions"9:29
9."Life Coach"2:45

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