Underdogs (album)

Underdogs
Studio album by Matthew Good Band
Released October 7, 1997 (CAN)
August 25, 1998 (International)
Recorded Greenhouse Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge[1]
Length 57:27
Label Mercury Records, Darktown Records, Polygram Records
Producer Warne Livesey
Matthew Good Band chronology

Raygun (EP)
(1996)		 Underdogs
(1997)		 Lo-Fi B-Sides (EP)
(1998)
Singles from Underdogs
  1. "Everything Is Automatic"
    Released: 1997
  2. "Indestructible"
    Released: 1997
  3. "Apparitions"
    Released: 1998
  4. "Rico"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Sputnikmusic [3]

Underdogs is the second full-length album by the Matthew Good Band. The album was released in Canada in 1997 as a follow-up to their 1995 album Last of the Ghetto Astronauts. The album was the band's most successful album yet, being certified platinum in Canada and being nominated for "Best Rock Album" at the 1999 Juno Awards. By March 2003, the album had sold 200,000 units in Canada.[4]

In a 2000 poll by music magazine Chart, Underdogs was voted the 18th Greatest Canadian album of all time.[5]

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

Personnel

Note: Todd Kerns performs backing vocals on "Everything Is Automatic" and "Rico" (not part of MGB)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/underdogs-mw0000453738
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r368040/review
  3. ↑ http://musicianforums.com/review/7270/Matthew-Good-Band-Underdogs/
  4. ↑ "Good Unleashes 'Avalanche In Canada". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Top 50 Canadian Albums Of All-Time (20 To 11)". Chart. Archived from the original on 2000-10-18. Retrieved 2011-03-26.