Overcome by Happiness (CD)
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 | |
| Disk | 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 |