Very Good Bad Thing

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Very Good Bad Thing
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 2014
Studio Noble Street Studios (Toronto, Ontario)
Genre Indie rock
Label Universal Music Canada (CAN)
Def Jam (US)
Producer Gavin Brown
Mother Mother chronology
The Sticks
(2012)
Very Good Bad Thing
(2014)
No Culture
(2017)
Singles from Very Good Bad Thing
  1. "Get Out the Way"
    Released: July 15, 2014
  2. "Monkey Tree"
    Released: October 31, 2014
  3. "Modern Love"
    Released: August 30, 2015

Very Good Bad Thing is the fifth album by Vancouver-based indie rock band Mother Mother. It was produced by Gavin Brown. [1]

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Music Express positive [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Ryan Guldemond.

No.TitleLength
1."Get Out the Way"2:45
2."Monkey Tree"3:27
3."Modern Love"3:11
4."Reaper Man"4:40
5."I Go Hungry"3:37
6."Have It Out"3:39
7."Very Good Bad Thing"4:05
8."Kept Down"4:19
9."Shout If You Know"3:07
10."Alone and Sublime"5:44
Total length:38:34
Deluxe edition
No.TitleLength
11."No One to Nothing"3:30
12."Jump the Fence"3:04
13."Insane"3:07
Total length:48:14

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Simpson, Scott (November 3, 2014). "Mother Mother Very Good Bad Thing". Exclaim! . Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  2. Sharp, Keith. "Mother Mother: Very Good Bad Thing". Music Express . Retrieved 17 November 2014.