Scrappy Happiness is an album by Joel Plaskett Emergency released on March 27, 2012.[1] The album followed a unique release strategy, in which the band recorded one song each week for ten weeks, immediately releasing it for airplay on CBC Radio 2 and CBC Radio 3 and to iTunes for sale as a single, before releasing the 10 songs as a complete album in conventional formats on March 27.[1]

Tour

Following the album's full release, Plaskett toured to support the album with supporting act Frank Turner.[1]

The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize on June 14, 2012.[2]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 52 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[3]

Track listing

In order of release:

  1. "You're Mine" - 3:59
  2. "Harbour Boys" - 3:26
  3. "Old Friends" - 4:08
  4. "Slow Dance" - 3:49
  5. "North Star" - 4:54
  6. "Somewhere Else" - 2:27
  7. "I'm Yours" - 3:33
  8. "Tough Love" - 3:42
  9. "Time Flies" - 3:50
  10. "Lightning Bolt" - 6:34

As sequenced on record:

  1. "Lightning Bolt" - 6:34
  2. "Harbour Boys" - 3:26
  3. "You're Mine" - 3:59
  4. "Tough Love" - 3:42
  5. "Slow Dance" - 3:49
  6. "Time Flies" - 3:50
  7. "Somewhere Else" - 2:27
  8. "Old Friends" - 4:08
  9. "I'm Yours" - 3:33
  10. "North Star" - 4:54

References

  1. ^ a b c "Joel Plaskett's Announces 'Scrappy Happiness' LP, Canadian Tour with Frank Turner". Exclaim!, January 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "Polaris Prize long list includes lots of Toronto bands". Toronto Star, June 14, 2012.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 26, 2004. Retrieved 2012-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrappy_Happiness
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