Underdogs

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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
Recorded Greenhouse Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Genre Alternative Rock
Length 57:22
Label Mercury Records, Darktown Records, Polygram Records
Producer Warne Livesey
Professional reviews
Matthew Good Band chronology
History Teacher (Compilation)
(1997)		 Underdogs
(1997)		 Lo-Fi B-Sides (EP)
(1998)

Underdogs is an album released by the Matthew Good Band in 1997, as a follow up to the 1995 album Last of the Ghetto Astronauts. The four singles from this album were "Everything Is Automatic", "Apparitions", "Rico" and "Indestructible", all of them reaching the Top 5 on the Canadian music charts.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Matthew Good and Dave Genn, except where noted.

  1. "Deep Six" – 3:32
  2. "Everything Is Automatic" – 4:17
  3. "Apparitions" – 5:11
  4. "My Out Of Style Is Coming Back" – 3:16
  5. "Strangest One of All" – 4:41
  6. "Middle Class Gangsters" – 5:37
  7. "Rico" – 3:26 (Good, Genn, Lloyd, Browne)
  8. "Prime Time Deliverance" – 5:33 (Good)
  9. "The Inescapable Us" – 3:12 (Good)
  10. "Indestructible" – 3:24
  11. "Invasion 1" – 4:04
  12. "Look Happy, It's The End Of The World" – 3:47
  13. "Change Of Season" – 7:21

[edit] Personnel

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.


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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"
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