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Good Mood Fool

Good Mood Fool is the third solo album from Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic. The album was released by Secretly Canadian in October 2013. Luke wrote the album in a cottage in upstate New York in the winter of 2013, where he was joined by Mike Johnson of Dirty Projectors and Eliot Krimsky of Glass Ghost.

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Good Mood Fool
Studio album by
Luke Temple
ReleasedOctober 15, 2013
StudioOutlier Inn in Catskill Mountains, New York
GenreIndie rock
Length38:47
LabelSecretly Canadian
ProducerJosh Druckman, Luke Temple
Luke Temple chronology
Don't Act Like You Don't Care
(2011) 		Good Mood Fool
(2013) 		A Hand Through the Cellar Door
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/1001
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar2
Consequence of SoundC−3
Drowned in Sound7/104
NMEStarStarStarStar5
Pitchfork6.5/106
PopMatters7/107

Good Mood Fool is the third solo album from Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic. The album was released by Secretly Canadian in October 2013. Luke wrote the album in a cottage in upstate New York in the winter of 2013, where he was joined by Mike Johnson of Dirty Projectors and Eliot Krimsky of Glass Ghost.8

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hard Working Hand"3:43
2."Katie"4:31
3."Florida"4:25
4."Those Kids"4:05
5."Jessica Brown Findlay"4:12
6."Sue"3:22
7."Terrified Witness"4:29
8."Love Won't Receive"6:23
9."Hardest Working Self Made Mexican"3:37

Personnel

  • Luke Temple - bass, drum machine, engineer, guitar, producer, synthesizer, vocals
  • Mike Johnson - drum machine, drums, percussion
  • Eliot Krimsky - sampling, synthesizer
  • Binki Shapiro - vocals
  • Alan Hampton - bass
  • Aerial East - background vocals
  • Josh Druckman - engineer, producer
  • Daniel Schlett - mixing
  • Dusdin Condren - photography
  • Nancy Dwyer - title
References

References

  1. "Good Mood Fool by Luke Temple Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  2. Sendra, Tim. "Good Mood Fool - Luke Temple". AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  3. Terry, Josh (October 11, 2013). "Luke Temple – Good Mood Fool". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  4. Langham, Matt. "Album Review: Luke Temple - Good Mood Fool". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  5. Lloyd, Kate. "Luke Temple – 'Good Mood Fool'". NME. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  6. Thompson, Paul. "Luke Temple: Good Mood Fool". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  7. Coe, Taylor (October 31, 2013). "Luke Temple: Good Mood Fool". PopMatters. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  8. "Luke Temple Announces Solo Album 'Good Mood Fool' Out 14th October 2013". Contactmusic.com. July 24, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2018.