Lucky Shiner

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Lucky Shiner
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Studio album by
Released7 September 2010 (2010-09-07)
RecordedDecember 2009 – January 2010
Genre Electronic
Length47:05
Label Ghostly International
Producer Gold Panda
Gold Panda chronology
Lucky Shiner
(2010)
Half of Where You Live
(2013)
Singles from Lucky Shiner
  1. "You"
    Released: 15 June 2010

Lucky Shiner is the debut studio album by English electronic music producer Gold Panda. It was released on 7 September 2010 through Ghostly International in the United States, [1] while Notown Records released it on 12 October 2010 in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Production

Gold Panda recorded Lucky Shiner in two weeks over Christmas at his aunt and uncle's house in the Essex countryside. [1] The album is named after his grandmother. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.6/10 [2]
Metacritic 80/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A− [8]
NME 8/10 [9]
Pitchfork 8.3/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 7/10 [12]
XLR8R 8/10 [13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Lucky Shiner received an average score of 80 based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

It received an honorable mention at Pitchfork 's "Albums of the Year 2010" list. [14] MusicOMH named it the 50th best album of 2010. [15] Stereogum named it the 39th best album of 2010. [16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gold Panda

No.TitleLength
1."You"3:36
2."Vanilla Minus"4:03
3."Parents"2:01
4."Same Dream China"4:14
5."Snow & Taxis"4:40
6."Before We Talked"5:20
7."Marriage"4:41
8."I'm with You but I'm Lonely"5:14
9."After We Talked"3:39
10."India Lately"6:35
11."You."3:02
Digital bonus
No.TitleLength
12."Greek Style"2:58
13."Casio Daisy"2:48
The Ghostly Store digital bonus
No.TitleLength
14."Rush Job"3:58

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 155
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [18] 8
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19] 20

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