These Are the Good Times People | ||||
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Released | March 11, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2006 – 2007 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 39:05 | |||
Label | Fugitive Recordings Tooth & Nail | |||
Producer | Kurt Bloch | |||
The Presidents of the United States of America chronology | ||||
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Singles from These Are the Good Times People | ||||
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These Are the Good Times People is the fifth studio album by The Presidents of the United States of America. It was released on March 11, 2008. [1] This is their first album to feature Andrew McKeag instead of Dave Dederer on guitbass.
All songs written by Chris Ballew unless otherwise noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mixed Up S.O.B." | 3:05 | |
2. | "Ladybug" | 2:34 | |
3. | "Sharpen Up Those Fangs" | 3:05 | |
4. | "More Bad Times" | Dan Leone, Dom Leone, Ballew, McKeag | 2:59 |
5. | "French Girl" | 3:04 | |
6. | "Truckstop Butterfly" | 2:04 | |
7. | "Ghosts are Everywhere" | Ballew, McKeag, Finn | 4:08 |
8. | "Loose Balloon" | 2:45 | |
9. | "Flame is Love" | 2:39 | |
10. | "So Lo So Hi" | 2:18 | |
11. | "Poor Turtle" | 2:48 | |
12. | "Rot in the Sun" | 2:25 | |
13. | "Warhead" | Ballew, Dale Peyser | 1:54 |
14. | "Deleter" | Ballew, McKeag, Finn | 3:17 |
"More Bad Times" is a loose cover of an Ed's Redeeming Qualities song.
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (56/100) [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AbsolutePunk | 86% [3] |
Allmusic | [4] |
Billboard | (favorable) [5] |
Drowned in Sound | (3/10) [6] |
Mojo | [2] |
musicOMH | [7] |
PopMatters | [8] |
Q | [2] |
Uncut | [2] |
Critical response to These Are the Good Times People was mixed. The album so far has a Metacritic rating of 56 out of 100 based on "mixed or average reviews". [2] musicOMH remarked, "There's nothing complicated on this album, but then when did things ever need to be complicated?" [7] Allmusic said that in view of the lineup changes, the album is "perhaps their most eclectic album to date." [4] Billboard found that while nothing on the album is as immediately memorable as "Lump" or "Peaches," several tracks "come across as less novelty-like as a result of songcraft." [5] Uncut magazine felt the record was "the desperate death-throe of a rank '90s relic." [2]
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