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Good Luck And Do Your Best

Gold Panda

Good Luck And Do Your Best

Third full-length album from the London-born electronic music producer, performer, and composer

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7.5

Label
City Slang
UK Release date
27/05/2016
US Release date
27/05/2016
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  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    So pretty, so welcoming, so ridiculously clever
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  2. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    His most accomplished and adventurous album
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  3. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    After the glitching melodies and bright, busy eclecticism of his debut, and the Orient-inspired, analogue imagination of the follow-up, album number three is Derwin Panda’s most optimistic to date
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  4. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Rounding out a beautiful trilogy of semi-danceable, definitely nod-able records. It may even be his best
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  5. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    There is a swagger to the songs that is hard to ignore – Panda has created the album that he has always hinted at
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  6. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    This is one of 2016's best electronic albums so far, and it's difficult to see how it can be topped
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  7. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Bound to give you that warm, fuzzy feeling
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  8. 8.0 |   All Music

    The British producer continues to nick lush acoustic samples from scratchy old vinyl LPs for his tracks, and even more so than before, they feel like proper songs rather than sample collages
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  9. 8.0 |   State

    A confident and cohesive outing from Gold Panda that snugly appends his first trilogy of LPs and marks the UK producer as a comfortable and capable craftsman of the long format release
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  10. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    A record that stays with you long after the end of the joyful closer Your Good Times Are Just Beginning
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  11. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    While Gold Panda has always had a knack for emulating places in his music, ‘Good Luck’ may be the first time he’s truly taken the listener on a journey
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  12. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Gold Panda turns a trip to Japan into a synaesthetic sensory experience in his latest LP
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  13. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    A supremely confident piece of work, inadvertently and motivationally, titled by a friendly advice offering Japanese taxi driver met during his visit. However much luck played a part in matters, Gold Panda certainly did his best
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  14. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Gold Panda is still making some of the best beats out there
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  15. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Not so much a step back to the sound and feel of his debut as a consolidation of what made that record and the various singles around the same time so special
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  16. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    A dream-like landscape that points toward a second source of inspiration
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  17. 8.0 |   Beardfood

    Beautifully unfolds as an immersive, warm and inspired journey, spliced with percussive overtones, looped synth, plucked strings and cinematic arpeggios of the koto
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  18. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Gold Panda crafts a compelling listen throughout
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  19. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Gold Panda's warm and exuberant new album sounds quite unlike any of the electronic music being made in 2016, and is refreshingly unfashionable in that way
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  20. 7.2 |   Resident Advisor

    Good Luck exudes an uplifting glow that brings to mind Japanese artist Gonno, whose life-affirming dance music appeals to the listener's sense of celebration and wonderment
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  21. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    Despite not taking any drastic leaps, he’s once again delivered another wide-eyed, hypnotic set that finds a satisfactory compromise between quasi-ambient soundscapes and headphone-nodding grooves
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  22. 6.3 |   Earbuddy

    Perhaps the album’s greatest strength is also its biggest weakness, as its lack of aggression doesn’t challenge its listeners enough
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  23. 6.0 |   The Music

    Bubbling with bright optimistic tunes and carefree vibes
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  24. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    There’s far more spirit and energy on show here than before
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  25. 6.0 |   Q

    Calming reflection on city life. Print edition only

  26. 6.0 |   DIY

    Derwin Panda’s latest is so far out there but at the same time feels right at home
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  27. 5.8 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Good Luck’s best moments are those in which Gold Panda draws from a new foreign—the UK and other Western lands bring the album its most exciting commodities. Nevertheless, Good Luck is just fine relaxing in the shadows
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