- post-rock, electronic
- 42 min
- 9 tracks
- [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue
Happy Songs for Happy People is the fourth studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, released on June 17, 2003 on Play It Again Sam and Matador Records. Produced by Tony Doogan and the band itself, the album was recorded at CaVa Studios in Glasgow.
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Character-led, spare, contemporary and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Metacritic 85/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Alternative Press5/5
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Mojo5/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.1/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Hunted by a Freak4:16
- 2Moses? I Amn’t3:01
- 3Kids Will Be Skeletons5:27
- 4Killing All the Flies4:34
- 5Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep3:05
- 6Ratts of the Capital8:25
- 7Golden Porsche2:48
- 8I Know You Are but What Am I?5:17
- 9Stop Coming to My House4:53
9 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mogwai
- Label
- [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- MX
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