Good Luck (Debby Friday album)
Good Luck is the debut studio album by Nigerian–Canadian electronic musician Debby Friday, released by Sub Pop on March 24, 2023. The album has received positive reviews from critics.
| Good Luck | ||||
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| Released | March 24, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2022 | |||
| Studio | Candle Recording Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] | |||
| Genre | Electronic music | |||
| Length | 33:16 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
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Reception edit
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.0⁄10 (5 reviews)[2] |
| Metacritic | 77⁄100 (8 reviews)[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [4] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [5] |
| Exclaim! | 8⁄10[6] |
| Loud and Quiet | 8⁄10[7] |
| Slant Magazine | [8] |
Editors at AnyDecentMusic? rated this album a 7.0 out of 10, based on five reviews.[2] Good Luck received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on eight reviews.[3]
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Paul Simpson writing that this is "a refinement of her style that reveals a wider array of emotions than" her previous EPs and the "music is always dramatic, honest, and futuristic".[4] The Daily Telegraph scored this release 4 out of 5 stars, with reviewer Cat Woods writing that Friday has "got talent in spades" and favorably compares this work to Fatima Al Qadiri, Massive Attack, Santigold, and Yves Tumor.[5] In Exclaim!, Chris Bryson gave this release an 8 out of 10 for "grounding duelling flames of love and longing, perseverance and grace, and life and death in genre-fluid experimentalism".[6] Writing for Loud and Quiet—where this was named Album of the Week—Zara Hedderman gave Good Luck an 8 out of 10, summing up "if there’s only one thing to be said about Debby Friday’s poised debut it’s that she most certainly gave it all that she’s got".[7]
The Quietus' Amanda Farah calls this "a debut album that bursts from the starting blocks with all guns blazing" that show's Friday's dedication as a musician, who can blend confidence with vulnerability in her lyrics.[9] Writing for Resident Advisor, Kiana Mickles discusses the musician's lyricism, writing that she "explores her adolescence with gripping candour" and "the acute surrender of Friday's work evolves in Good Luck, where she takes a Jungian approach to her lyrics".[10] Steve Erickson of Slant Magazine gave this work 3.5 out of 5 stars for being "an album that testifies to the liberating potential of making a racket".[8] Editors at Stereogum chose this for Album of the Week and critic James Rettig writes that while there is "nothing necessarily groundbreaking" about the "in-your-face sonics" on this album it is "executed so well" that it will leave listeners feeling several emotions.[11] In a June round-up of the best albums of 2023,the publication placed this at 27, with critic James Rettig writing that this is "built for the club, a space where those differences strobe into transcendence, and she offers up enough pulse-pounding jams and sticky synth quivers to keep us wanting more".[12]
The album was the winner of the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.[13] In Exclaim!, this was rated the 10th best album of 2023.[14] This was included in the 40 best independent albums of 2023 in BrooklynVegan's Indie Basement.[15]
Track listing edit
- "Good Luck" – 3:10
- "So Hard to Tell" – 3:05
- "I Got It" – 3:48
- "Hot Love"" – 3:23
- "Heartbreakerrr" – 3:11
- "What a Man" – 3:23
- "Safe" – 4:07
- "Let U Down" – 5:07
- "Pluto Baby" – 2:08
- "Wake Up" – 1:53
Personnel edit
- Debby Friday – instrumentation, vocals, mixing, production
- Heba Kadry – mastering
- Uñas – vocals on "I Got It"
- Graham Walsh – mixing, production
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "DEBBY FRIDAY GOOD LUCK Her Incredible, Full-Length Debut Will Be Released March 24th". News. Sub Pop. January 5, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ a b "Good Luck by Debby Friday reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. n.d. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ a b "Good Luck by Debby Friday Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ a b Simpson, Paul (n.d.). "Debby Friday – Good Luck". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ a b Woods, Cat (March 27, 2023). "Depeche Mode honour the dead, Lana Del Rey is at her most self-indulgent – the week's best albums". Music. The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ a b Bryson, Chris (March 24, 2023). "DEBBY FRIDAY Makes Her Own 'GOOD LUCK'". Album Reviews. Exclaim!. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ a b Hedderman, Zara (March 20, 2023). "Debby Friday – GOOD LUCK – Album Review". Loud and Quiet. No. 158. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ a b Erickson, Steve (March 20, 2023). "Debby Friday 'Good Luck' Review: A Mosh Pit on the Dance Floor". Music. Slant Magazine. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Farah, Amanda (March 29, 2023). "Debby Friday". The Quietus. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Mickles, Kiana (April 21, 2023). "Debby Friday – Good Luck". Reviews · Albums. Resident Advisor. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Rettig, James (March 21, 2023). "Debby Friday 'GOOD LUCK' Review". Album Of The Week. Stereogum. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Rettig, James (June 6, 2023). "The 50 Best Albums Of 2023 So Far". Album List. Stereogum. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ Bell, Kaelen (September 19, 2023). "Debby Friday Wins 2023 Polaris Music Prize". Music. Exclaim!. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ "Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2023". Features. Exclaim!. November 30, 2023. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ Pearis, Bill (December 21, 2023). "Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2023". Indie Basement. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
External links edit
- Good Luck at Discogs (list of releases)
- Good Luck at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Aggregate reviews from Album of the Year