Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB[3]
Pitchfork6.8/10[4]
PopMatters[5]
Slant Magazine[6]

Dumb Luck is the fourth studio album by American electronic music artist Dntel. It was released through Sub Pop on April 24, 2007.[7] Recorded between 2002 and 2006,[8] it includes vocal contributions from Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), Valerie Trebeljahr and Markus Acher (Lali Puna), Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley), Grant Olsen and Sonya Westcott (Arthur & Yu), Mia Doi Todd, Andrew Broder (Fog), Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), and Christopher and Jennifer Gunst (Mystic Chords of Memory).[9]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Dumb Luck received an average score of 60% based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[1]

Jimmy Newlin of Slant Magazine gave the album 2 stars out of 5 and called it "a work that is genuinely, though only sporadically, beautiful, but no less emotionally dull."[6] Jason Crock of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.8 out of 10 and commented that "While some of the album's songs are terrifically cloying, I can't call it a disappointment; it's more a case of diminishing returns."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dumb Luck"5:20
2."To a Fault"6:32
3."I'd Like to Know"3:47
4."Roll On"3:40
5."The Distance"4:05
6."Rock My Boat"3:52
7."Natural Resources"4:38
8."Breakfast in Bed"3:52
9."Dreams"5:34
UK edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."Everything's Tricks"4:08
iTunes edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Rock My Boat (Roger O'Donnell Mix)"3:29
11."Natural Resources (Gudrun Gut's Natural Mix)"4:58

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[10] 7
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] 28

References

  1. ^ a b "Dumb Luck by Dntel". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "Dumb Luck - Dntel". AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  3. ^ Modell, Josh (April 24, 2007). "Dntel: Dumb Luck". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Crock, Jason (April 25, 2007). "Dntel: Dumb Luck". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  5. ^ O'Neil, Tim (May 17, 2007). "Dntel: Dumb Luck". PopMatters. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  6. ^ a b Newlin, Jimmy (April 8, 2007). "Dntel: Dumb Luck". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  7. ^ Octigan, Cameron (February 12, 2007). "Dntel Releases a New Album, Finally". XLR8R. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  8. ^ McKibbin, Adam (May 2007). "Dntel: A conversation with Jimmy Tamborello". The Red Alert. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  9. ^ "Dntel - Dumb Luck". Sub Pop. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  10. ^ "Dntel - Chart history - Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  11. ^ "Dntel - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
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