These Are the Good Times People

Infobox Album |
Name = These Are the Good Times People
Type = Album
Artist = The Presidents of the United States of America


Released = March 11, 2008
Recorded = 2006 – 2007
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 39:05
Label = Fugitive Recordings
Producer = Kurt Bloch
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (86%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=305663 link]
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hifoxz8jldfe link]
*Billboard [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3ia99a189e2d22c6c7e2b60787cffebfe1 link]
Last album = "Munky River"
(2005)
This album = "These Are the Good Times People"
(2008)
Next album =

"These Are the Good Times People" is the sixth album by The Presidents of the United States of America. It was released on March 11, 2008. [ [http://www.presidentsrock.com/news/ The Official PUSA Music Site - News ] ] This is their first album to feature Andrew McKeag instead of Dave Dederer on guitbass.

Track listing

# "Mixed Up S.O.B." (Ballew) – 3:05
# "Ladybug" (Ballew) – 2:34
# "Sharpen Up Those Fangs" (Ballew) – 3:05
# "More Bad Times" (Dan Leone, Dom Leone, Ballew, McKeag) – 2:59
#*A loose cover of an Ed's Redeeming Qualities song.
# "French Girl" (Ballew) – 3:04
# "Truckstop Butterfly" (Ballew) – 2:04
# "Ghosts are Everywhere" (Ballew, McKeag, Finn) – 4:08
# "Loose Balloon" (Ballew) – 2:45
# "Flame is Love" (Ballew) – 2:39
# "So Lo So Hi" (Ballew) – 2:18
# "Poor Turtle" (Ballew) – 2:48
# "Rot in the Sun" (Ballew) – 2:25
# "Warhead" (Ballew, Dale Peyser) – 1:54
# "Deleter" (Ballew, McKeag, Finn) – 3:17

Bonus Tracks

*"Rooftops in Spain" – 2:41 (UK iTunes / Japan CD)
*"Scrappy Puppy" – 2:54 (all iTunes)
*"Truckstop on the Moon" - 4:14 (Walmart mp3 store)
*"What the Hell?" - 3:30 (Napster)

Personnel

* Chris Ballew – vocals, basitar
* Andrew McKeag – guitbass
* Jason Finn – drums
* Fysah Thomas – vocals on "Deleter"
* Mark Hoyt – backing vocals on "Poor Turtle"
* The Love Lights Horn Section - on "Sharpen Up Those Fangs", "Ghosts are Everywhere" and "Deleter"
**Jerimiah Austin – trumpet
**Sarah Jerns – trumpet
**Diana Dizard – baritone sax
* Martin Feveyear – mixing

Response

Critical response to "These Are the Good Times People" was mixed. MusicOMH.com remarked, "There's nothing complicated on this album, but then when did things ever need to be complicated?" [Shepherd, Sam (undated), [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/presidents-of-the-united-states_0308.htm "The Presidents Of The United States Of America - These Are The Good Times People (Cooking Vinyl) "] MusicOMH.com (Retrieved on 2008-03-24)] "Allmusic" said that in view of the lineup changes, the album is "perhaps their most eclectic album to date." [Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (undated) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hifoxz8jldfe~T1 "Review"] . AllMusic.com. (Retrieved on 2008-03-24)] Billboard found that while the album is not as immediately memorable as "Lump" or "Peaches," several tracks "come across as less novelty-like as a result of songcraft." [Teitelman, Bram (2008-03-15), [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3ia99a189e2d22c6c7e2b60787cffebfe1 "These Are the Good Times, People"] "Billboard". 120 (11):37. Retrieved on 2008-03-24] The album received a Metacritic rating of 59. [ [http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/presidents/thesearethegoodtimespeople "These Are The Good Times People"] Metacritic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-24] "Uncut" magazine felt the record was "the desperate death-throe of a rank '90s relic." [No byline (April 2008), "These Are the Good Times People". "Uncut". (volume & issue unknown):99]

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