Dumb Luck | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Dntel |
Cover: | DntelDumbLuck.jpg |
Recorded: | 2002–2006 |
Genre: | Electronic |
Label: | Sub Pop |
Prev Title: | Life Is Full of Possibilities |
Prev Year: | 2001 |
Next Title: | Early Works for Me If It Works for You II |
Next Year: | 2009 |
Dumb Luck is the fourth studio album by American electronic music artist Dntel. It was released through Sub Pop on April 24, 2007.[1] Recorded between 2002 and 2006,[2] it includes vocal contributions from Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), Valerie Trebeljahr and Markus Acher (Lali Puna), Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley), Grant Olsen and Sonya Westcott (Arthur & Yu), Mia Doi Todd, Andrew Broder (Fog), Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), and Christopher and Jennifer Gunst (Mystic Chords of Memory).[3]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Dumb Luck received an average score of 60% based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Jimmy Newlin of Slant Magazine gave the album 2 stars out of 5 and called it "a work that is genuinely, though only sporadically, beautiful, but no less emotionally dull." Jason Crock of Pitchfork gave the album a 6.8 out of 10 and commented that "While some of the album's songs are terrifically cloying, I can't call it a disappointment; it's more a case of diminishing returns."
Chart | Peak position |
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US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[4] | 7 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[5] | 28 |