Happy People (Peace album)

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Happy People
Happy people cover.png
Studio album by
Released9 February 2015
Genre Indie rock, post-Britpop, funk rock, alternative rock
Length37:06
Label Columbia
Producer Jim Abbiss
Peace chronology
In Love
(2013)
Happy People
(2015)
Kindness Is the New Rock and Roll
(2018)
Singles from Happy People
  1. "Money"
    Released: 13 June 2014
  2. "Lost on Me"
    Released: 15 August 2014
  3. "I'm A Girl"
    Released: 8 February 2015
  4. "Gen Strange"
    Released: 22 April 2015

Happy People is the second studio album by British indie rock band Peace, released on 9 February 2015. Happy People was produced by Jim Abbiss and Duncan Mills.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 59/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound (2/10) [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Music OMH Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 8/10 [5]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Happy People received generally positive reviews upon release, gaining a score of 8/10 with NME , and 5/5 stars from The Independent , and positive reviews from Redbrick , who stated that "you'll still find yourself singing along to the hook hours after". [9] However, The Guardian gave the album 2/5 stars, calling it "reheated baggy leftovers skilfully marketed at people who hadn't yet been born in 1990". [3] Most reviewers have picked up on the clear 90s influences on the album, stating similarities between Peace and bands such as Oasis and Blur.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."O You"3:47
2."Gen Strange"3:15
3."Lost on Me"3:44
4."Perfect Skin"3:06
5."Happy People"3:46
6."Someday"3:22
7."Money"3:10
8."I'm a Girl"2:59
9."Under the Moon"3:34
10."World Pleasure"6:23
Total length:37:06
Deluxe edition
No.TitleLength
11."Love Me"1:57
12."God's Gloves"3:36
13."Imaginary"4:13
14."Blue"4:06
15."Saturday Girl"2:51
16."Flirting USA"3:43
17."Fur"3:04
18."The Music Was to Blame"3:49

Personnel

Peace

Additional musicians

Technical

Notes

  1. Wired Strings consists of cellist and performance arranger Rosie Danvers, upright bassist Richard Pryce, cellist Jane Oliver, violists Bruce White and Emma Owens, and violinists Anna Croad, Debbie Widdup, Gillon Cameron, Hayley Pomfrett, Helen Hathorn, Jenny Sacha, Patrick Kiernan, and Sally Jackson.

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