Underdogs (album)

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 (CAN)
August 25, 1998 (International)
Recorded Greenhouse Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Genre Alternative rock
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
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Sputnikmusic[2]

Underdogs is the second full-length studio album by the alternative rock band Matthew Good Band. It was released in 1997 on Mercury Records. In a 2000 poll by music magazine Chart, Underdogs was voted the 18th Greatest Canadian album of all time.[3]

Commercial performance

Underdogs 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.[4] By March 2003, the album had sold 200,000 units in Canada, [5] achieving Double Platinum status.

Track listing

All words by Matthew Good, all music by 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/r368040/review
  2. http://musicianforums.com/review/7270/Matthew-Good-Band-Underdogs/
  3. "Top 50 Canadian Albums Of All-Time (20 To 11)". Chart. Archived from the original on 2000-10-18. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  4. "Awards". junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  5. "Good Unleashes 'Avalanche In Canada". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
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