SuperchunkWhat A Time To Be Alive

Label:

Merge Records – MRG620

Series:

Merge Peak Vinyl

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Limited Edition , Pink-In-Clear

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Indie Rock

Tracklist

A1 What A Time To Be Alive
A2 Lost My Brain
A3 Break The Glass
Vocals [Guest Vocalist]Sabrina Ellis
A4 Bad Choices
A5 Dead Photographers
B1 Erasure
Vocals [Guest Vocalist]Stephin Merritt
B2 I Got Cut
B3 Reagan Youth
B4 Cloud Of Hate
Vocals [Guest Vocalist]David Bazan
B5 All For You
B6 Black Thread
Vocals [Guest Vocalist]Skylar Gudasz

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Merge Records
  • Copyright ©Merge Records
  • Published ByAll The Songs Sound The Same Music
  • Published ByRough Trade Publishing
  • Recorded AtManifold Recording, North Carolina
  • Recorded AtOverdub Lane
  • Mastered AtChicago Mastering Service
  • Pressed ByPrecision Record Pressing – 10-84016
  • Mastered AtGZ Media – 166137E

Credits

  • Cover, Artwork [Cover Art]Mac*
  • Mastered ByMatthew Barnhart
  • Performer [Superchunk Is]Mac McCaughan
  • Photography By [Band Photo]Lissa Gotwals
  • Recorded ByBeau Sorenson (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B1, B2 to B6)
  • Songwriter [Songs By]Superchunk

Notes

Includes 12" x 24" foldout poster and album .

c&p 2018 Merge Records

All songs recorded [...] at Manifold Recording, except Tracks A3 & B2 at Overdub Lane. Mastered [...] at Chicago Mastering.

All The Songs Sound The Same Music (BMI). istered by Rough Trade Publishing.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 673855062006
  • Label Code: LC 29279
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): MRG 620-A ☮MB171016
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 166137E1/A 10-84016 / MRG620 - NEW - A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): MRG 620-B ☮MB171016 Cloud of Love
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 166137E2/A A2 10-84016 / MRG620 - NEW - B
  • Rights Society: BMI

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What A Time To Be Alive (CDr, Album, Promo) Merge Records MRG620 UK 2017
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What A Time To Be Alive (LP, Album) Merge Records MRG620 US 2018
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What A Time To Be Alive (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Barnes & Noble Exclusive ) Merge Records MRG620 US 2018
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What A Time To Be Alive (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Merge Records Pre-order Exclusive) Merge Records MRG620 US 2018

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Reviews

  • cdequaker's avatar
    cdequaker
    On their 11th album since 1990, these North Carolina indie rock icons sound as fresh & motivated as they did on the legendary “Slack Motherfucker” single, attacking the songs with the vitality of teenage exhuberance. These are short, sweet and succinct rockers; raucous & raw pop/punk melodies with infectious hooks. Contributions come from of magnetic Fields, Waxahatchee, A Giant Dog. have played with Seam, Portastatic, The Mountain Goats. Recalls bands like Redd Kross, Archers Of Loaf, Weezer, Nada Surf, Jeff The Brotherhood, Scrawl, GRMLN. The songs punch you in the face with rockin’, pertinent messages of politics, love and the mess we’ve made of humankind. “What A Time To Be Alive” finds Superchunk back at the top of their game, churning out quick bursts of indie rock that’s both fun and meaningful. Recommended.
    • StormyWaters2021's avatar
      Is anyone else's copy of the vinyl record missing the digital album?
      • notec's avatar
        notec
        Edited 7 years ago
        time to hang up their collective hats. a tireless mashing of chunkery that sounds dated and unapologetically forgetful and dull. the meter marches towards urgency but stains the brain with sepia colored tones. to make matters worse their vinyl pressings on Merge Records are of such low quality that buying this on vinyl will be a double whammy of regret.

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