Hospital Music

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Hospital Music
Hospital Music cover
Studio album by Matthew Good
Released July 31, 2007[1]
Recorded January 22 - February 12, 2007, Warehouse Studios, Vancouver, BC
Genre Rock
Length 62:52
Label Universal
Producer Matthew Good
Matthew Good chronology
In a Coma
(2005)		 Hospital Music
(2007)

Hospital Music is the third solo album by Canadian musician Matthew Good. It was released on July 31, 2007[2] Good performed nearly all the instruments himself, with the exception of drums and a few guitar and bass parts.[3] The album artwork was painted by Vancouver resident Jeremy Crowle.

"Born Losers" was featured as the "Single of the Week" on the American iTunes Store for the week starting July 31, 2007.

Hospital Music debuted at #1 on the Canadian albums chart, selling over 11,000 copies in its first week of release.[4]

It was nominated for the 2008 Juno for Best Rock Album.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Matthew Good, except where noted.

  1. "Champions of Nothing" - 9:35
  2. "A Single Explosion" - 3:04
  3. "Metal Airplanes" - 5:43
  4. "99% of Us Is Failure" - 5:39
  5. "Born Losers" - 5:21
  6. "Odette" - 3:31
  7. "Black Helicopter" - 4:46
  8. "The Boy Come Home" - 4:57
  9. "The Devil's in Your Details" - 3:58
  10. "Moon Over Marin" (Dead Kennedys) - 3:10
  11. "Girl Wedged Under the Front of a Firebird" - 1:25
  12. "I Am Not Safer Than a Bank" - 0:55
  13. "I'm a Window" - 3:37
  14. "She's in It for the Money" - 5:09
  15. "True Love Will Find You in the End" (Daniel Johnston) - 2:02

[edit] Personnel

  • Matthew Good - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, producer
  • Rod Bruno - lead guitar, bass guitar, vocals
  • Pat Steward - drums, percussion
  • Nadia Johnson - backing vocals (on "Born Losers")
  • Zach Blackstone - engineer, mixer
  • Eric Mosher - assistant engineer
  • Joao Carvalho - mastering
  • Ryan Dahle - co-write and lead guitar on "The Devil's in Your Details"

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hospital Music. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  2. ^ Hospital Music. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
  3. ^ Good, Matthew. "An Actual Entry About Music". MatthewGood.org. March 6, 2007. Additional information appears in a comment posted by Good in the same entry.
  4. ^ Williams, John. "Matthew Good has great chart debut". JAM! Music. August 8, 2007.


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Matthew Good
Matthew Good Band (1995-2001)
Dave Genn | Ian Browne | Geoff Lloyd
Matthew Good (solo) (2002-2005)
Christian Thor Valdson | Pat Steward | Rich Priske | Mark Olexson
Demo Tapes
…And in Closing (Rodchester Kings) (1991) | Left of Normal (1992) | Broken (1993) | Euphony (1994) | 15 Hours on a September Thursday (1995)
Studio Albums
Last of the Ghetto Astronauts (1995) | Underdogs (1997) | Beautiful Midnight (1999) | The Audio of Being (2001) | Avalanche (2003) | White Light Rock & Roll Review (2004) | In a Coma (2005) | Hospital Music (2007)
EPs
Raygun (1996) | Lo-Fi B-Sides (1998) | Loser Anthems (2000)
Singles
"Alabama Motel Room" | "Symbolistic White Walls" | "Haven't Slept In Years" | "Everything Is Automatic" | "Indestructible" | "Apparitions" | "Rico" | "Hello Time Bomb" | "Load Me Up" | "Strange Days" | "The Future Is X-Rated" | "Carmelina" | "Anti-Pop" | "Weapon" | "In a World Called Catastrophe" | "Near Fantastica" | "Alert Status Red" | "It's Been Awhile Since I Was Your Man" | "Oh Be Joyful" | "Born Losers" | "I'm a Window"
Bands