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Good Mood is the fifth studio album by Australian indie pop band Ball Park Music. The album was released on 16 February 2018.[7] The album peaked at number 5 on the ARIA Charts. The band promoted the album with a national tour in February and March 2018.^{[citation needed]} It was the first album to have song-writing contributions by guitarist Dean Hanson.^{[citation needed]}

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Good Mood
Studio album by Ball Park Music
Released	16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
Recorded	May–July 2017[citation needed]
Genre	Indie pop[citation needed]
Producer	Ball Park Music
Ball Park Music chronology
Every Night the Same Dream (2016) Good Mood (2018) Ball Park Music (2020)
Singles from Good Mood
"Exactly How You Are" Released: 15 September 2017[1][2] "The Perfect Life Does Not Exist" Released: 15 December 2017[3][4] "Hands Off My Body" Released: June 2018[5][6]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, the album was nominated for three awards; Producer of the Year, Engineer of the Year and Best Cover Art.[8]

Recording and production

The album was recorded at the band's studio located in an industrial estate in Stafford in Brisbane, named the Bunnings Warehouse Recording Studio, and produced by the band.[9] It was engineered by Cromack, mixed by Paul McKercher and mastered by William Bowden.

On the song-writing, Cromack said, "I put some rules on myself: everything had to have the classic verse-chorus-verse-chorus pop structure. I had a ball. And with my lyrics I was like, 'For God's sake, Sam, be clear about what you want to say!'. So often we look down on pop music, but the rules didn't crush our creativity."[10]

Cover

The photo on the cover was taken by Dean Hanson, who said, "It was maybe a couple of months into the recording, we were sitting in the studio one morning… Sam came in and showed us a few images he’d seen of horses rearing in cool places and we thought it was a powerful image. As we always do, come out with ridiculous ideas, we thought it’d be an amazing album cover if we could get someone to rear their horse in front of the garage door of our studio."[11]

Critical response

The Sydney Morning Herald said, "Opening with the poppy, yet summery laid-back feel of "The End Times", this self-produced album brings studio whiz and ARIA award-winner Paul McKercher into the mix, elevating frontman/guitarist Sam Cromack's vocals to a new level and highlighting his lyrical strength."[12] The Herald Sun claimed, "The experimentation and attention to sonic detail here (it's a headphones album) makes this their Pet Sounds", and compared "The End Times" to, "a ragged Go-Betweens-style indie gem".[13]

The Australian noted, "the affable plain-spokenness, the facility for melodies that can cure a vitamin D deficiency and, yes, the festival-friendly anthems with unabashedly broad appeal" and declared it their best album.[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The End Times"	4:07
2.	"I Am A Dog"	3:36
3.	"Frank"	3:48
4.	"The Perfect Life Does Not Exist"	3:21
5.	"Exactly How You Are"	3:36
6.	"Hands Off My Body"	2:57
7.	"So Nice"	5:08
8.	"Dreaming of America"	4:44
9.	"If It Kills You"	4:42
10.	"I Am So In Love With You"	5:13
Total length:		41:15

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15]	5

References

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