Easy Wonderful

Easy Wonderful is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Guster, released on October 5, 2010, on Universal Republic.[1] From August 24 to October 18, 2010, videos for all of the tracks on the album were posted to Vimeo.[2] The first single from the album, "Do You Love Me?" was released on iTunes and through the band's website on August 3, 2010.[3] It was the last album to feature Joe Pisapia, who left the band shortly before the album's release.

Easy Wonderful
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 5, 2010
Recorded2008–2010
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock
Length41:34
LabelAware Records/Universal Republic
ProducerGuster
Guster chronology
Ganging Up on the Sun
(2006)
Easy Wonderful
(2010)
Evermotion
(2015)

Easy Wonderful peaked at #22 on the Billboard 200 and reached #2 on the Alternative Albums chart.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
American Songwriter[7]
Billboard[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB[9]
Slant[10]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[11]

Easy Wonderful received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 81/100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Architects & Engineers"2:55
2."Do You Love Me"3:40
3."On the Ocean"4:22
4."This Could All Be Yours"3:32
5."Stay with Me Jesus"3:02
6."Bad Bad World"4:30
7."This Is How It Feels to Have a Broken Heart"3:23
8."What You Call Love"3:37
9."That's No Way to Get to Heaven"2:16
10."Jesus and Mary"3:30
11."Hercules"2:52
12."Do What You Want"3:55
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Well"2:38
14."Jonah"3:22
15."Lost at Sea"3:12
16."OK Alright (iTunes-exclusive track)"2:48

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak

position

The Billboard 200[4] 22

References

  1. Guster.com "Easy Wonderful" Archived 25 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Guster's videos on Vimeo". Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  3. "New Guster Album Coming in Fall". The Comet. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  4. "Guster Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  5. "Easy Wonderful by Guster Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  6. "Easy Wonderful - Guster". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  7. "Guster: Easy Wonderful". American Songwriter. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  8. "Guster, "Easy Wonderful"". Billboard. October 15, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  9. Dolan, Jon (September 28, 2010). "Easy Wonderful". Entertainment Weekly. Meredith Corporation. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  10. Keefe, Jonathan (October 11, 2010). "Review: Guster, Easy Wonderful". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  11. K., Rudy (October 4, 2010). "Review: Guster - Easy Wonderful". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved July 10, 2019.



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