Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)

Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
Studio album by
Groove Armada
Released10 September 2001
Recorded2000–2001
Genre
Length73:53
LabelJive Electro
Producer
  • Andy Cato
  • Tom Findlay
Groove Armada chronology
The Remixes
(2000) 		Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
(2001) 		Lovebox
(2002)
Singles from Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
  1. "Superstylin'"
    Released: 13 August 2001
  2. "My Friend"
    Released: 5 November 2001

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press[4]
BBC Musicfavourable[5]
Blender[6]
Dotmusic[7]
LA Weekly[8]
Mojo[9]
Q[10]
Spin[11]
URB[12]

Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) is the third studio album by the English electronica duo Groove Armada.[2] It was released on 10 September 2001 on the Jive Electro record label. The title of the album was meant to differentiate it from the band's previous album, Vertigo, as being more upbeat and less chill-out.[citation needed]

The album features several guest vocalists, including Jeru the Damaja in "Suntoucher", MC M.A.D. in "Superstylin'", Tim Hutton in "Drifted", "Tuning In" and "Join Hands", Richie Havens in "Little by Little" and "Healing", Celetia Martin in "My Friend", and Kriminul in "Raisin' the Stakes". The Urban Soul Orchestra appears in "Edge Hill".[citation needed] The chorus from "Bam Bam" by Sister Nancy is sampled in "Fogma".

The track "Likwid" is a bonus track available only in the enhanced edition. A limited edition of the album was released with a bonus CD titled Socks, Cigarettes and Shipwrecks.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b c John Bush. "Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Michael Paoletta (2001). "Beat Box: Jive Electro's Groove Armada Bids 'Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)'". Billboard. p. 48. ISSN 0006-2510. The same can be said for Goodbye Country, a seamless journey through the many shadings of clubland, encompassing house, R&B/hip-hop, left-field, and post-disco funk.
  3. ^ "Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) by Groove Armada". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Critic Reviews for Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) at Metacritic". Alternative Press (November 2001): 79. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  5. ^ Andy Puleston (20 November 2002). "Review of Groove Armada - Goodbye Country: Hello Nightclub". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Critic Reviews for Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) at Metacritic". Blender (October–November 2001): 104. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  7. ^ Osbourne, Ben. "GROOVE ARMADA - GOODBYE COUNTRY (HELLO NIGHTCLUB) (PEPPER)". Dotmusic. Archived from the original on 19 February 2002. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Critic Reviews for Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) at Metacritic". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 16 December 2001. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Critic Reviews for Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) at Metacritic". Mojo (September 2001): 100. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Critic Reviews for Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) at Metacritic". Q. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Critic Reviews for Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) at Metacritic". Spin (October 2001): 128. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  12. ^ When there are moments, they strike and wittingly pull bodies off seats. [Oct 2001, p.128]