Easy Wonderful is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Guster, released on October 5, 2010, on Universal Republic.[1] From August 24 to October 18, 2010, videos for all of the tracks on the album were posted to Vimeo.[2] The first single from the album, "Do You Love Me?" was released on iTunes and through the band's website on August 3, 2010.[3] It was the last album to feature Joe Pisapia, who left the band shortly before the album's release.

Easy Wonderful peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 and reached number 2 on the Alternative Albums chart.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
American Songwriter[7]
Billboard[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB[9]
Slant[10]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[11]
Uncut[12]

Easy Wonderful received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 81/100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Architects & Engineers"2:55
2."Do You Love Me"3:40
3."On the Ocean"4:22
4."This Could All Be Yours"3:32
5."Stay with Me Jesus"3:02
6."Bad Bad World"4:30
7."This Is How It Feels to Have a Broken Heart"3:23
8."What You Call Love"3:37
9."That's No Way to Get to Heaven"2:16
10."Jesus and Mary"3:30
11."Hercules"2:52
12."Do What You Want"3:55
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Well"2:38
14."Jonah"3:22
15."Lost at Sea"3:12
16."OK Alright" (iTunes-exclusive track)2:48

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak

position

The Billboard 200[4] 22

References

  1. ^ Guster.com "Easy Wonderful" Archived July 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Guster's videos on Vimeo". Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  3. ^ "New Guster Album Coming in Fall". The Comet. July 20, 2010. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Guster Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Easy Wonderful by Guster Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "Easy Wonderful - Guster". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  7. ^ "Guster: Easy Wonderful". American Songwriter. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  8. ^ "Guster, "Easy Wonderful"". Billboard. October 15, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  9. ^ Dolan, Jon (September 28, 2010). "Easy Wonderful". Entertainment Weekly. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  10. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (October 11, 2010). "Review: Guster, Easy Wonderful". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  11. ^ K., Rudy (October 4, 2010). "Review: Guster - Easy Wonderful". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  12. ^ Scoppa, Bud (November 2010). "Guster: Easy Wonderful". Uncut. No. 162. p. 90.



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