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Happy Now is the ninth and final studio album by English post-punk band Gang of Four,[1] self-released on 19 April 2019.[2] The release has received mildly positive reviews.[3] It is the band's last album before the guitarist and only remaining original member Andy Gill's death in 2020.[4]

Happy Now
Studio album by Gang of Four
Released	19 April 2019 (2019-04-19)
Genre	Art punk
Length	40:21
Language	English
Label	Gillmusic
Producer	Andy Gill Ben Hillier Catherine Mayer Ross Orton
Gang of Four chronology
Complicit EP (2018) Happy Now (2019)

Critical reception

Happy Now received generally positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100, based on seven reviews.[3] The editorial staff of AllMusic Guide gave the album four out of five stars, with reviewer Mark Deming writing, "this is taut, effective music that honors Gang of Four's heritage but succeeds on its own terms".[5] In Under the Radar, Mischa Pearlman's review praises the music's social and political relevance, giving it a seven out of 10.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Andy Gill, except where noted:

1. "Toreador" – 3:34
2. "Alpha Male" – 4:33
3. "One True Friend" – 4:24
4. "Ivanka: 'My Name's on It'" – 3:52
5. "Don't Ask Me" (Andy Gill, John "Gaoler" Sterry) – 3:41
6. "Change the Locks" (Andy Gill, Catherine Mayer) – 4:07
7. "I'm a Liar" – 4:09
8. "White Lies" (Andy Gill, Catherine Mayer) – 3:43
9. "Paper Thin" (Andy Gill, Catherine Mayer) – 3:38
10. "Lucky" – 4:40

Personnel

Gang of Four

• Andy Gill – guitar, vocals, production, artwork
• Tobias Humble – drums on "Toreador", "Ivanka: 'My Name's on It'" and "Lucky"
• Thomas McNeice – bass guitar on "Alpha Male", "One True Friend", "Change the Locks", "I am a Liar" and "Paper Thin"

Additional personnel

• Natalie Alexis Duncan – backing vocals on "Lucky"
• Lawrie Dunster – mastering
• Jonny Finnigan – drums on "Alpha Male", "Change the Locks" and "Paper Thin"
• Ben Hillier – bass guitar on "Toreador", mixing on "Toreador" and "Lucky", production on "Toreador", "Ivanka: 'My Name's on It'" and "Lucky"
• Amy Love – backing vocals on "Alpha Male", "One True Friend", "Ivanka: 'My Name's on It'" and "White Lies"
• Catherine Mayer – mixing on "One True Friend", "Change the Locks", "White Lies" and "Paper Thin"; production on "One True Friend", "Change the Locks", "White Lies" and "Paper Thin"
• Rhys Oakes – programming on "Alpha Male" and "Ivanka: 'My Name's on It'"
• Ross Orton – bass guitar on "Don't Ask Me"; mixing on "Alpha Male", "Ivanka: 'My Name's on It'" and "I'm a Liar"; production on "I'm a Liar"
• Jane Sasseen – vocal sampling on "Alpha Male"
• Leigh Smiler – artwork
• Rebeka Ubuntu – backing vocals on "Lucky"

References

External links

• Happy Now at Discogs (list of releases)
• Happy Now at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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