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Happy People is the second studio album by British indie rock band Peace, released on 9 February 2015. Happy People was produced by Jim Abbiss and Duncan Mills.

Happy People
Studio album by Peace
Released	9 February 2015
Genre	Indie rock, post-Britpop, funk rock, alternative rock
Length	37:06
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jim Abbiss
Peace chronology
In Love (2013) Happy People (2015) Kindness Is the New Rock and Roll (2018)
Singles from Happy People
"Money" Released: 13 June 2014 "Lost on Me" Released: 15 August 2014 "I'm A Girl" Released: 8 February 2015 "Gen Strange" Released: 22 April 2015

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	59/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	(2/10)[2]
The Guardian	[3]
Music OMH	[4]
NME	8/10[5]
The Observer	[6]
The Independent	[7]
DIY	[8]

Happy People received generally positive reviews upon release, gaining a score of 8/10 with NME, and 5/5 stars from The Independent, and positive reviews from Redbrick, who stated that "you'll still find yourself singing along to the hook hours after".[9] However, The Guardian gave the album 2/5 stars, calling it "reheated baggy leftovers skilfully marketed at people who hadn't yet been born in 1990".[3] Most reviewers have picked up on the clear 90s influences on the album, stating similarities between Peace and bands such as Oasis and Blur.

Track listing

Personnel

Peace

• Harrison Koisser – vocals, guitar (all tracks) production (9, 15–17)
• Samuel Koisser – bass guitar (all tracks), background vocals (1–6, 8, 9, 11–15, 17, 18)
• Douglas Castle – guitar
• Dominic Boyce – drums (all tracks), background vocals (1–6, 8–15, 17, 18)

Additional musicians

• Liz Lawrence – background vocals (1, 9)
• Wired Strings[lower-alpha 1] – strings (1, 10)
• Keri Arrindell – background vocals (3, 7)

Technical

• Jim Abbiss – production (1–3, 5, 7, 10–14, 18)
• Dunca Mills – production (4, 6, 8)
• Mazen Murad – mastering
• Craig Silvey – mixing (1–3, 5, 7, 10–15, 18)
• Eduardo De La Paz Canel – mixing (4, 6, 8, 9), engineering assistance (1–3, 5, 7, 10–16, 18)
• Edd Hartwell – mixing (16, 17), engineering (1–3, 5, 7, 10–18)
• Nick Taylor – engineering (1, 10)
• Lee Slater – engineering (4)

Notes

References

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