Good Mood Fool is the third solo album from Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic. The album was released by Secretly Canadian in October 2013. Luke wrote the album in a cottage in upstate New York in the winter of 2013, where he was joined by Mike Johnson of Dirty Projectors and Eliot Krimsky of Glass Ghost.[8]

Good Mood Fool
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 15, 2013
StudioOutlier Inn in Catskill Mountains, New York
GenreIndie rock
Length38:47
LabelSecretly Canadian
ProducerJosh Druckman, Luke Temple
Luke Temple chronology
Don't Act Like You Don't Care
(2011)
Good Mood Fool
(2013)
A Hand Through the Cellar Door
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Consequence of SoundC−[3]
Drowned in Sound7/10[4]
NME[5]
Pitchfork6.5/10[6]
PopMatters7/10[7]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Hard Working Hand"3:43
2."Katie"4:31
3."Florida"4:25
4."Those Kids"4:05
5."Jessica Brown Findlay"4:12
6."Sue"3:22
7."Terrified Witness"4:29
8."Love Won't Receive"6:23
9."Hardest Working Self Made Mexican"3:37

Personnel edit

  • Luke Temple - bass, drum machine, engineer, guitar, producer, synthesizer, vocals
  • Mike Johnson - drum machine, drums, percussion
  • Eliot Krimsky - sampling, synthesizer
  • Binki Shapiro - vocals
  • Alan Hampton - bass
  • Aerial East - background vocals
  • Josh Druckman - engineer, producer
  • Daniel Schlett - mixing
  • Dusdin Condren - photography
  • Nancy Dwyer - title

References edit

  1. ^ "Good Mood Fool by Luke Temple Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ^ Sendra, Tim. "Good Mood Fool - Luke Temple". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. ^ Terry, Josh (11 October 2013). "Luke Temple – Good Mood Fool". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. ^ Langham, Matt. "Album Review: Luke Temple - Good Mood Fool". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ^ Lloyd, Kate. "Luke Temple – 'Good Mood Fool'". NME. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ^ Thompson, Paul. "Luke Temple: Good Mood Fool". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  7. ^ Coe, Taylor (31 October 2013). "Luke Temple: Good Mood Fool". PopMatters. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Luke Temple Announces Solo Album 'Good Mood Fool' Out 14th October 2013". Contactmusic.com. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2018.