When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Studio album by
Atmosphere
ReleasedApril 22, 2008 (2008-04-22)
GenreHip hop, alternative hip hop
Length54:36
LabelRhymesayers
RSE0095
ProducerAnt
Atmosphere chronology
Sad Clown Bad Spring 12
(2008) 		When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
(2008) 		Leak At Will
(2009)
Alternative cover
Hard cover book cover
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About[2]
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB+[4]
HipHopDX[5]
The New York Times(favorable)[6]
Paste(favorable)[7]
Pitchfork7.0/10[8]
RapReviews9.5/10[9]

When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold is the fifth studio album by the Minneapolis hip hop group Atmosphere. It was released on Atmosphere's own Rhymesayers Entertainment label on April 22, 2008. It was praised for Ant's synthesizer-based production and Slug's storytelling rap.[1] The album features a cameo performance by singer-songwriter Tom Waits, who performs guitar and beatboxing on the song "The Waitress".

Release

The album was released in two different packages: a standard digipak and a limited edition (25,000 copies) 36-page hard-cover book featuring an illustrated children's story written by Slug and a bonus DVD entitled Sad Clown Bad Dub 13 containing over an hour of live footage and extras.[10]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68 out of 100 based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold debuted at number 5 on the US Billboard 200, selling about 36,000 copies in its first week. It is Atmosphere's first album to reach the top ten of the Billboard 200 and the highest charting release from the independent label Rhymesayers Entertainment.[11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Like the Rest of Us"3:20
2."Puppets"3:41
3."The Skinny"3:36
4."Dreamer"4:04
5."Shoulda Known"3:06
6."You"3:14
7."Painting"3:00
8."Your Glasshouse" (featuring vocals by Tunde Adebimpe)3:58
9."Yesterday"3:23
10."Guarantees"4:32
11."Me"3:40
12."Wild Wild Horses"4:14
13."Can't Break"3:33
14."The Waitress" (featuring vocals by Tom Waits)3:00
15."In Her Music Box"4:20
iTunes "Bonus Video Version" bonus tracks[12]
No.TitleLength
16."Vanity Sick" (live) (video)2:52
17."Sunshine" (live) (video) 
18."Guarantees" (live) (video) 

Personnel

Atmosphere

Additional personnel

  • Brett Johnson – bass guitar
  • Erick Anderson – piano, synthesizers
  • Brian McLeod – drums
  • Nate Collis – guitar
  • Joe Mabbott – percussion, engineering
  • Mankwe Ndosi – vocals
  • Rajiah Johnson – flute
  • Tom Waits – beatboxing, guitar, shaker (on "The Waitress")

References

  1. ^ a b c "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold by Atmosphere". Metacritic. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ^ About review
  3. ^ Brown, Marisa. "Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  4. ^ Bahn, Christopher (April 28, 2008). "Atmosphere: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold". The A.V. Club. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  5. ^ J-23 (April 23, 2008). "Atmosphere – When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold". HipHopDX. Retrieved August 2, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "New CDs (Published 2008)". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Paste review
  8. ^ Strew, Roque (May 2, 2008). "Atmosphere: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  9. ^ RapReviews review
  10. ^ "Rhymesayers Entertainment – Releases". Rhymesayers Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
  11. ^ Hasty, Kate (2008-04-30). "Mariah Carey Remains Atop Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
  12. ^ "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (Deluxe Edition) by Atmosphere". iTunes. 22 April 2008.

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