2006, Sub Pop Records
Listeners expecting a continuation of the Scud Mountain Boys' slow, grim {alt-country} sound will be surprised by the wholesale changes wrought on Overcome by Happiness -- Joe Pernice has gone pop, and the results are quite promising. Recorded in part with a ten-piece orchestra, the record is closer to {chamber pop} than {roots rock}, with the bright, sunny songs adorned in piano and horns; tracks like Monkey Suit and Clear Spot are instantly engaging, their sheer hummability alone suggesting not merely a radical creative reassessment but a total artistic rebirth. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Crestfallen |
| 2 | Overcome By Happiness |
| 3 | Sick Of You |
| 4 | Clear Spot |
| 5 | Dimmest Star |
| 6 | Monkey Suit |
| 7 | Chicken Wire |
| 8 | Wait To Stop |
| 9 | All I Know |
| 10 | Shoes And Clothes |
| 11 | Wherein Obscurely |
| 12 | Ferris Wheel |
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