''Lucky Shiner'' is the debut studio album by English
electronic music
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producer
Gold Panda
Derwin Schlecker (born Derwin Dicker, 1980), professionally known as Gold Panda, is an English electronic record producer and songwriter.
Early life
Derwin Schlecker was born as Derwin Dicker in 1980 in Peckham, London and was raised in Chelmsf ...
. It was released on 7 September 2010 through
Ghostly International
Ghostly International is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by Samuel Valenti IV and currently headquartered in Brooklyn, New York City. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye (a.k.a. Tadd Mullinix), Com Truise, Tycho, Gol ...
in the United States,
[ while Notown Records released it on 12 October 2010 in the United Kingdom.
]
Production
Gold Panda recorded ''Lucky Shiner'' in two weeks over Christmas at his aunt and uncle's house in the Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
countryside.[
]
Critical reception
At Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Lucky Shiner'' received an average score of 80 based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[
It received an honorable mention at '']Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to th ...
''s "Albums of the Year 2010" list. ''MusicOMH
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History
MusicOMH was founded and launched by ...
'' named it the 50th best album of 2010. ''Stereogum
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''Stereogum'' was one of the first MP3 blogs and has received several award ...
'' named it the 39th best album of 2010.
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
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2010 debut albums
Ghostly International albums
Gold Panda albums