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This article is about the Matthew Good Band album. For other uses, see underdog (disambiguation).
Underdogs Studio album by Matthew Good Band Released October 7, 1997 (CAN)
August 25, 1998 (International)Recorded Greenhouse Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Genre Alternative rock Length 57:27 Label Mercury Records, Darktown Records, Polygram Records Producer Warne Livesey Matthew Good Band chronology Raygun (EP)
(1996)Underdogs
(1997)Lo-Fi B-Sides (EP)
(1998)Singles from Underdogs - "Everything Is Automatic"
Released: 1997 - "Indestructible"
Released: 1997 - "Apparitions"
Released: 1998 - "Rico"
Released: 1998
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Sputnikmusic [2]
Underdogs is the second full-length album released by the Matthew Good Band in 1997, as a follow-up to the 1995 album Last of the Ghetto Astronauts. The album was the band's most successful album yet, reaching platinum sales in Canada and being nominated for "Best Rock Album" at the 1999 Juno Awards.
In a 2000 poll by music magazine Chart, Underdogs was voted the 18th Greatest Canadian album of all time.[3]
Track listing
All tracks written by Matthew Good and Dave Genn, except where noted.
- "Deep Six" – 3:32
- "Everything Is Automatic" – 4:17
- "Apparitions" – 5:11
- "My Out Of Style Is Coming Back" – 3:16
- "Strangest One of All" – 4:41
- "Middle Class Gangsters" – 5:37
- "Rico" – 3:26 (Good, Genn, Lloyd, Browne)
- "Prime Time Deliverance" – 5:33 (Good)
- "The Inescapable Us" – 3:12 (Good)
- "Indestructible" – 3:24
- "Invasion 1" – 4:04
- "Look Happy, It's The End Of The World" – 3:47
- "Change Of Season" – 7:21
Personnel
- Matthew Good Band
- Matthew Good - vocals, guitar, cover concept
- Ian Browne - drums
- Geoff Lloyd - Bass Guitar
- Dave Genn - Guitar, Keyboards
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- Note: Todd Kerns performs backing vocals on "Everything Is Automatic" and "Rico" (not part of MGB)
- Warne Livesey - Producer, Engineer, mixer
- Frank Weipert - Manager
- Dean Maher - Assistant
- Zach Blackstone - Engineer
- Stephen Marcussen (Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, CA) - Mastering
- Legal: Jonathan Simkin
- Accounting: Davidson & Co.
- Don C. Tyler - Digital editor
- Leanne Petersen - Cover photos
- Andrea Marouk - Additional photos
- Garnet Armstrong - Album design
- Manufacturer: Darktown Records
- Distributor: A&M Records, a division of PolyGram Inc.
References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r368040/review
- ^ http://musicianforums.com/review/7270/Matthew-Good-Band-Underdogs/
- ^ "Top 50 Canadian Albums Of All-Time (20 To 11)". Chart. Archived from the original on 2000-10-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20001018170908/http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2000/06/3002.cfm. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
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