| A Coming of Age | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Lucky Soul |
| Cover: | A Coming of Age.jpg |
| Genre: | Indie pop |
| Label: | Ruffa Lane |
| Prev Title: | The Great Unwanted |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
A Coming of Age is the second album by British indie pop band Lucky Soul. It was self-released through Ruffa Lane Records in 2010.
The band began writing songs for the album in late 2008. Early the following year, they recorded five songs with the Stockholm Strings.[1] Frontman Andrew Laidlaw described the music as "somewhere in between Motown and The Smiths."[2] He noted that the album as "a bit darker and…more direct" than Lucky Soul's debut album The Great Unwanted.[1]
The album received mixed reviews from music critics. Pitchfork Media said that it "attempts a subtler maturation, with mixed results."[3] PopMatters commented that A Coming of Age "builds on their strengths but sees them developing that sound in several different directions…Sharp songwriting and musicianship makes all the difference."[4] The NME panned the album, writing that "Lucky Soul have taken things a sugar lump too far."[5] In his review for The Independent, Simon Price called it "one of the albums of the year, hands down."[6] AllMusic said that despite not reaching the "emotional heft and potency" of its predecessor, the album was "a consistent, consummate, brilliant piece of pop".[7]