What a Time to Be Alive (Superchunk album)

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What a Time to Be Alive
Superchunk - What a Time to Be Alive.png
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 16, 2018 (2018-02-16)
StudioManifold Recording in Pittsboro, North Carolina and Overdub Lane Recording Studio in Durham, North Carolina
Genre Indie rock, punk rock [1] [2]
Length32:15
Label Merge
Superchunk chronology
I Hate Music
(2013)
What a Time to Be Alive
(2018)
Wild Loneliness
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10 [3]
Metacritic 83/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
The A.V. Club A [5]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Exclaim! 8/10 [7]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [2]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut 8/10 [11]
Vice A [12]

What a Time to Be Alive is the eleventh studio album by the American indie rock band Superchunk. It was released in February 2018 by Merge Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Superchunk

What a Time to Be Alive track listing
No.TitleLength
1."What a Time to Be Alive"3:45
2."Lost My Brain"1:36
3."Break the Glass"3:09
4."Bad Choices"2:53
5."Dead Photographers"3:17
6."Erasure"3:40
7."I Got Cut"2:48
8."Reagan Youth"2:21
9."Cloud of Hate"1:13
10."All for You"3:26
11."Black Thread"4:07
Total length:32:15

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for What a Time to Be Alive
Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [13]
182
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [14]
6
US Top Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [15]
18
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [16]
35

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