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Lucky by Nada Surf

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 See These Bones 5:10 89,402
2 Whose Authority 3:01 69,392
3 Beautiful Beat 4:39 66,467
4 Here Goes Something 2:05 43,236
5 Weightless 3:32 79,900
6 Are You Lightning? 5:23 53,418
7 I Like What You Say 2:31 98,275
8 From Now On 2:36 50,507
9 Ice On The Wing 3:48 48,652
10 The Fox 5:41 45,498
11 The Film Did Not Go 'Round 3:45 33,082
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About this album

Barsuk Records (2008) Released: 5 Feb 2008 11 tracks (42:11)
Lucky, the title of Nada SurfÆs fifth album, is at once literal and ironic. Like the songs that
singer-guitarist Matthew Caws, bassist Daniel Lorca and drummer Ira Elliot crafted for their previous
two albums, let go (2003) and the weight is a gift (2005), lucky is filled with images of
restlessness, longing and the elusiveness of love.
Yet the band counterbalances the lyrical bittersweetness with a musical buoyancy. Intimate

songs become in-it-together anthems, thanks to the chiming guitars, propulsive rhythms, and the
emotional candor in Caws’ vocals. A song like beautiful beat segues from a sparsely arranged,
confessional first verse into a harmony-laden chorus and reaches multi-layered, canon-like
proportions before the track fades out. If Caws is often suggesting that romance and resolution may
still be an inch or two out of reach, he’s also proffering immediate musical solace. Turn up the
volume, hit the repeat button, and your troubles, for a blissful three minutes or so, will disappear.
It has been recorded throughout March and August 2007 at the Robert Lang Studios, in Seattle, under
the direction of producer John Goodmanson.
The band issued an official statement announcing this album on October 12, 2007. The song «See These Bones» premiered on the Anti-Hit List Podcast on October 20, 2007.Due to a misquotation of
Matthew Caws, it was first expected to be called Time for Plan A.
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  • Lailson_

    hmmmmm

    August 2011

  • aztwantie

    It just never ceases to amaze me how great this album is.

    December 2010

  • Graalmeister

    How does this have more listens than Let Go? Good album, but really no comparison.

    October 2010

  • thegoodbyeradio

    One of the most underrated albums out there. An amazing record: the first 3 songs form one of the best 1-2-3 punches to start an album I've ever heard. See These Bones with its gorgeous counter-melodies at the end might be my favorite Nada Surf song.

    July 2010

  • HugMySoul

    There's so much (positive) energy in this album that you just want to kick the earth's butt after listening to this.

    June 2010

  • dvk5453

    I am now a fan of this band just purchased this album and I love what I'm hearing.. .fantastic band....

    September 2009

  • Nerick

    I already was a big fan of Nada surf, especially "Let Go" ... but this is something else ! This is my first listen but I already know it's gonna be one of my favourite album! Btw : "solid" means consistently good and I'd say it's a bit of an understatement for this album.

    August 2009

  • ninjablaster

    first time i heard it i thought it was crap, ill give it another listen.

    July 2009

  • Romaneck

    Is it me or this is the weakest reccord from the band? Let go and the Proximity effect are monsters by comparison

    April 2009

  • kidnapthetruth

    not my fave either, let go beats it... but poss second best. wonderful

    January 2009

  • letsburnholes

    Not my favorite, but another solid entry into the Nada Surf cannon. Let Go will always be tops for me.

    November 2008

  • jesse123123

    yes, solid album is a compliment.

    July 2008

  • M0N573R

    GOOD!

    July 2008

  • Silentrev

    The flim tdid not go round. the FLIM? FLIM?? Are you kdiding me?

    May 2008

  • Beat_C

    is solid album a compliment?

    May 2008

  • thechris1651

    See These Bones is a wonderful song I'm liking a bit of Ben Cab for Cutie in the background

    May 2008

  • 1side0

    Never have I played an album over again so much upon first hearing it. This is marvellous.

    April 2008

  • GotMilk

    Absolutely solid album from start to finish. Lovely.

    April 2008

  • CanFo

    The inlay is pretty cool...

    March 2008

  • magicalspring

    Lovely new album! Hope they're coming to Sweden this year!

    February 2008
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