| Happy Songs For Happy People | ||||
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| Studio album by Mogwai | ||||
| Released | 17 June 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Cava Studios, Glasgow, Scotland | |||
| Genre | Post-rock | |||
| Length | 41:50 | |||
| Label | Play It Again Sam, Matador | |||
| Producer | Tony Doogan | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| NME | (8/10)[2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.1/10)[3] |
| Rock Sound | (8/10)[4] |
| Rolling Stone | |
Happy Songs for Happy People is the fourth full-length studio album by Mogwai. It represents a further evolution of Mogwai's toned down, more electronic sound. The songs on the album are subdued, with the only exceptions being the towering "Ratts of the Capital," and cacophonous closer "Stop Coming to My House". Synthesizers often take the main stage on this album, with strings and piano also making the occasional appearance.
Mogwai's usual vocalist Stuart Braithwaite does not sing on this album at all; however, Barry Burns ("Hunted by a Freak", "Killing All the Flies") and John Cummings ("Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep") do.
The CD also contains a demo version of Cubase and the individual tracks for each instrument in "Hunted by a Freak" allowing remixing and reconstructing of the song.
The pre-release MP3s of this album circulating on the net had a sample of "Happy Tree Friends" cartoon main theme mixed in at the end of the last track. Some of the fans were frustrated buying the released CD afterwards and not finding the sample there.
It was the first Mogwai album to appear in the US charts, spending one week on the Billboard 200 at #182.
All songs written by Mogwai
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