Lucky Shiner

Lucky Shiner
Studio album by Gold Panda
Released 7 September 2010 (2010-09-07)[1]
Recorded December 2009—January 2010
Genre Electronic
Length 47:05
Label Ghostly International
Producer Gold Panda
Gold Panda chronology
Lucky Shiner
(2010)		 Half of Where You Live
(2013)Half of Where You Live2013
Singles from Lucky Shiner
  1. "You"
    Released: 15 June 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
BBC Musicfavorable[4]
Clash9/10[5]
Drowned in Sound7/10[6]
The Guardian[7]
MusicOMH[8]
Pitchfork8.3/10[9]
PopMatters[10]
Spinfavorable[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes[12]

Lucky Shiner is the debut studio album by English electronic producer Gold Panda. It was released on 7 September 2010 through Ghostly International in the United States, while Notown Records released it on 12 October 2010 in the United Kingdom.

Production

Gold Panda recorded Lucky Shiner in two weeks over Christmas at his aunt and uncle's house in the Essex countryside.[1] The album is named after his grandmother.[1]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Lucky Shiner received an average score of 80% based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

It received an honorable mention at Pitchfork's "Albums of the Year 2010" list.[13] MusicOMH named it the 50th best album of 2010.[14] Stereogum named it the 39th best album of 2010.[15]

Track listing

All tracks written by Gold Panda.

No.TitleLength
1."You"3:36
2."Vanilla Minus"4:03
3."Parents"2:01
4."Same Dream China"4:14
5."Snow & Taxis"4:40
6."Before We Talked"5:20
7."Marriage"4:41
8."I'm with You but I'm Lonely"5:14
9."After We Talked"3:39
10."India Lately"6:35
11."You."3:02

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gold Panda presents Lucky Shiner". Ghostly International. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Lucky Shiner by Gold Panda". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Hoffman, K. Ross. "Lucky Shiner - Gold Panda". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Younis, Reef (2010). "Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner - Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Renshaw, David (18 October 2010). "Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner". Clash. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Gibb, Rory (7 October 2010). "Album Review: Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Dean, Will (7 October 2010). "Gold Panda: Lucky Shiner - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  8. ↑ Paton, Daniel (11 October 2010). "Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner". MusicOMH. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  9. ↑ Dombal, Ryan (13 October 2010). "Gold Panda: Lucky Shiner". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Nickum, Stefan (21 October 2010). "Gold Panda: Lucky Shiner". PopMatters. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  11. ↑ Kornhaber, Spencer (1 October 2010). "Gold Panda, ‘Lucky Shiner’ (Ghostly International)". Spin. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  12. ↑ R.S., Nick (13 October 2010). "Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Albums of the Year 2010: Honorable Mention". Pitchfork. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "musicOMH’s Top 50 Albums Of 2010: 50-41". MusicOMH. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "Stereogum’s Top 50 Albums Of 2010". Stereogum. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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