Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11725 in Music
• Released on: 2007-07-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

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Matthew Good's seventh studio release Hospital Music is based on a premise that no one would wish to be inspired by: Good's overdose, spurred on by a nasty divorce and his ongoing battles with bipolar disorder. As a result, this disc is a dark, deeply intimate collection of music from a singer who has always been clever, but not always this lyrically direct. Sonically, Hospital Music is equally candid; opening track "Champions of Nothing" is a monolithic 9 and a half minutes of passion and processing in which keen-eared listeners can hear Good hyperventilating at the song's end. "She's in It for the Money" is as direct a journal entry as Good has ever penned, singing "I'm in love with your pills/I tried to get rid of myself" in a voice shaking with passion. Smatterings of sound bytes throughout the disc--akin to whispers of madness--keep it hanging in a perpetual state of unsettledness. There are certainly classic Good tracks, including "99% of Us Is Failure" and "The Devil's in Your Details" while "Born Losers"--the CD's first single--comes with a surprising country twang. Equally noteworthy is Good's unique choices of cover tunes: "Moon Over Marin" a gorgeous take on a punk rock classic by the Dead Kennedys and the closing number "True Love Will Find You in the End" from Daniel Johnston, a musician who has himself struggled with manic depression throughout his life. --Denise Sheppard

Album Description
2007 album from the Canadian singer/songwriter and leader of the Matthew Good Band. Hospital Music, his seventh album overall, was inspired by Matthew's divorce, his battle with bipolar disorder and his eventual overdose. Features a new batch of originals plus cover versions of songs by The Dead Kennedys and Daniel Johnston. Universal.

Album Details
The 2007 Solo Return of Canadian Modern Rock Icon Matthew Good with One of his Most Personal Albums to Date. Good Played Most of the Instruments on the Album: Guitars, Bass and Keyboards Along with Some Help from Rod Bruno on Guitar and Bass as Well, Pat Steward on Drums and Backing Vocals from Nadia Johnson. Among the Songs Are Two Covers of Daniel Johnston's "True Love Will Find You in the End" from 1990 and the Dead Kennedys' "Moon Over Marin", a Song that First Appeared on their "Plastic Surgery Disasters" Album.