Help Wanted Nights
| Help Wanted Nights | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 11, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 40:13 | |||
| Label | Saddle Creek | |||
| Producer | Mike Mogis | |||
| The Good Life chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 61/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Blender |  [3] |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10[4] |
| Lost at Sea | 6.7/10[5] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.0/10[6] |
Help Wanted Nights is the fourth album by the Omaha-based band The Good Life, released on September 11, 2007 on Saddle Creek Records. Currently, frontman Tim Kasher has moved to Los Angeles and has written a screenplay entitled Help Wanted Nights. He has stated that the screenplay acts as a 'counterpart' to the album:
I tried to have the songs be less storytelling, and less narrative...since I was writing this fictionalized counterpart to this thing, I kind of liked the idea of writing songs to [exist] more as ideas that complement something else that was written. I tried to focus less on narrative and more on those big ideas.[7]
In regards to the content of the album, Kasher reveals that the new album involves:
"Roughly a week in a bar in a small town where a stranger's car breaks down...so, he fraternizes with the regulars, getting too wrapped up in their sordid lives. Something like that."[7]
Release
[edit]Help Wanted Nights was made available for streaming on September 5, 2007, prior to its release six days later through Saddle Creek Records.[8] Between September and December 2007, the Good Life went on a tour of the US, followed by a trek around mainland Europe.[9][10]
Track listing
[edit]- "On the Picket Fence" - 3:33
- "A Little Bit More" - 3:23
- "Heartbroke" - 1:56
- "Your Share of Men" - 2:32
- "You Don't Feel Like Home to Me" - 4:40
- "Keely Aimee" - 3:30
- "Playing Dumb" - 2:17
- "Some Tragedy" - 3:44
- "So Let Go" - 3:54
- "Rest Your Head" - 10:44
References
[edit]- ^ "Help Wanted Nights by The Good Life Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Brown, Marisa. Help Wanted Nights at AllMusic
- ^ Lim, Dennis. "The Good Life : Help Wanted Nights Review". Blender. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Ross, Daniel (October 4, 2007). "Album Review: The Good Life - Help Wanted Nights". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Weiss, Dan. "The Good Life - Help Wanted Nights". Lost at Sea. Archived from the original on November 3, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Harvey, Eric (September 10, 2007). "The Good Life: Help Wanted Nights Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Pitchfork Media". Archived from the original on 2007-04-29. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
- ^ Paul, Aubin (September 5, 2007). "The Good Life: 'Help Wanted Nights'". Punknews.org. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ^ Reinecker, Meg (August 12, 2007). "The Good Life (US, Europe)". Punknews.org. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
- ^ Paul, Aubin (September 8, 2007). "The Good Life (Cursive)". Punknews.org. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
External links
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