Poor Boy / Lucky Man

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Poor Boy / Lucky Man
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Studio album by Asaf Avidan & the Mojos
Released 9 September 2009 (Israel)
April 2011 (France)
Recorded 2008-2009
Label Telmavar Records (Israel)
Sony-Columbia
Asaf Avidan & the Mojos chronology
The Reckoning
(2008)
Poor Boy / Lucky Man
(2009)
Through the Gale
(2010)

Poor Boy / Lucky Man is the second album of Asaf Avidan & the Mojos in Israel released in 2009 independently after the success of their debut 2008 album The Reckoning .

<i>The Reckoning</i> (Asaf Avidan & the Mojos album) 2008 studio album by Asaf Avidan & the Mojos

The Reckoning is an album by the Israeli band Asaf Avidan & the Mojos released in Israel in 2008. The album's 15 tracks blended rock, folk and blues with Avidan's lyrics about relationships and betrayal. The album was certified gold status in a year, and platinum later, and would eventually become the biggest selling "independent" record of all time in Israel. It was chosen as Album of the Year (2008) by various media, including Time Out Tel Aviv.

Contents

Released in Israel on 9/9/09 (9 September 2009), the album was originally released in two different names, covers and second track title, [1] leaving it up to the audience to decide whether this figure was poor or lucky. Again hugely popular like The Reckoning album, it would reach gold status in Israel in 5 months, and garner ecstatic reviews.

The album was released in parts of Europe in April 2011. Among others, it was album of the month on France's national FIP radio, in the newspaper Libération , and in Germany's eclipsed magazine. The album found also limited commercial success in France reaching #108 in the official Top 200 French Albums Chart, staying 6 weeks in the French albums chart. [2]

FIP (radio station) radio station

FIP is a French radio network, founded in 1971. It is part of the Radio France group.

<i>Libération</i> French daily newspaper

Libération, popularly known as Libé, is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968.

Track list

  1. "Brickman" (3:46)
  2. "Poor Boy", "Lucky Man" or "Poor Boy / Lucky Man" [1] (4:36)
  3. "Got It Right" (2:51)
  4. "My Favorite Clown" (5:16)
  5. "Small Change Girl" (5:03)
  6. "The Ghost of a Thousand Little Lies" (5:05)
  7. "Wasting My Time" (3:21)
  8. "Jet Plane" (3:37)
  9. "Little Stallion" (2:04)
  10. "Your Anchor" (4:30)
  11. "Losing Hand" (4:26)
  12. "Painting on the Past" (4:01)
  13. "Out in the Cold" (3:40)
  14. "My Latest Sin" (9:16)

Credits

Instruments

Guest artists (alphabetically):

Additional musicians

Additional instruments:

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
French Albums Chart [2] 108

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References

  1. 1 2 Name of track #2 reflects the CD title, although the musics and lyrics are the same
  2. 1 2 LesCharts.com: Asaf Avidan & the Mojos - Poor Boy / Lucky Man page