Normal Happiness

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Normal Happiness
Normal Happiness cover
Studio album by Robert Pollard
Released October 10, 2006
Genre Rock and Roll, Indie Rock
Label Merge Records
Producer Todd Tobias
Professional reviews
Robert Pollard chronology
From a Compound Eye
(2005)		 Normal Happiness
(2006)		 Silverfish Trivia
(2007)

Normal Happiness is an album from Robert Pollard. Like its predecessor, it was recorded with Pollard on basic guitar and vocal tracks, with instrumental overdubs from producer Todd Tobias. Normal Happiness debuted at #46 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart [3].

Pollard explained the writing process and the title of Normal Happiness in a Gothamist interview:

"I wrote a total of 47 songs and it just so happened that my favorite ones happened to be the poppier ones and that tone or attitude carried over into the recording process itself. I didn't feel the final product was overly "sappy" so I decided to call it "Normal Happiness". Not too heavy and not light. [4]"

Working titles for the album were You Were Saying? and Gasoline Ragtime [5].

Reviews for the album were mixed, Rolling Stone critic Christian Hoard stated in his review "Songs like "Pegasus Glue Factory" have an appealingly ripe-around-the-edges psych-rock feel, and there's lots of off-handedly charming stuff like the vaguely power-pop "Full Sun." There's also some muddled crap".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Accidental Texas Who"
  2. "Whispering Whip"
  3. "Supernatural Car Lover"
  4. "Boxing About"
  5. "Serious Birdwoman (You Turn Me On)"
  6. "Get a Faceful"
  7. "Towers and Landslides"
  8. "I Feel Gone Again"
  9. "Gasoline Ragtime"
  10. "Rhoda Rhoda"
  11. "Give Up the Grape"
  12. "Pegasus Glue Factory"
  13. "Top of My Game"
  14. "Tomorrow Will Not Be Another Day"
  15. "Join the Eagles"
  16. "Full Sun (Dig the Slowness)"