Easy Wonderful

Easy Wonderful
Studio album by
Guster
ReleasedOctober 5, 2010
Recorded2008–2010
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock
Length41:34
LabelAware/Universal Republic
ProducerGuster
Guster chronology
Ganging Up on the Sun
(2006) 		Easy Wonderful
(2010) 		Evermotion
(2015)

Easy Wonderful is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Guster, released on October 5, 2010, on Universal Republic.[1] From August 24 to October 18, 2010, videos for all of the tracks on the album were posted to Vimeo.[2] The first single from the album, "Do You Love Me?" was released on iTunes and through the band's website on August 3, 2010.[3] It was the last album to feature Joe Pisapia, who left the band shortly before the album's release.

Easy Wonderful peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 and reached number 2 on the Alternative Albums chart.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
American Songwriter[7]
Billboard[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB[9]
Slant[10]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[11]
Uncut[12]

Easy Wonderful received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 81/100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Architects & Engineers"2:55
2."Do You Love Me"3:40
3."On the Ocean"4:22
4."This Could All Be Yours"3:32
5."Stay with Me Jesus"3:02
6."Bad Bad World"4:30
7."This Is How It Feels to Have a Broken Heart"3:23
8."What You Call Love"3:37
9."That's No Way to Get to Heaven"2:16
10."Jesus and Mary"3:30
11."Hercules"2:52
12."Do What You Want"3:55
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Well"2:38
14."Jonah"3:22
15."Lost at Sea"3:12
16."OK Alright (iTunes-exclusive track)"2:48

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak

position

The Billboard 200[4] 22

References

  1. ^ Guster.com "Easy Wonderful" Archived July 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Guster's videos on Vimeo". Retrieved July 8, 2011.
  3. ^ "New Guster Album Coming in Fall". The Comet. July 20, 2010. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Guster Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Easy Wonderful by Guster Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "Easy Wonderful - Guster". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  7. ^ "Guster: Easy Wonderful". American Songwriter. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  8. ^ "Guster, "Easy Wonderful"". Billboard. October 15, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  9. ^ Dolan, Jon (September 28, 2010). "Easy Wonderful". Entertainment Weekly. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  10. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (October 11, 2010). "Review: Guster, Easy Wonderful". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  11. ^ K., Rudy (October 4, 2010). "Review: Guster - Easy Wonderful". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  12. ^ Scoppa, Bud (November 2010). "Guster: Easy Wonderful". Uncut. No. 162. p. 90.



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