Scrappy Happiness Explained

Scrappy Happiness
Type:	studio
Artist:	Joel Plaskett Emergency
Cover:	Scrappy Happiness.jpg
Released:	March 27, 2012
Recorded:	January–March, 2012
Genre:	Indie rock
Label:	MapleMusic Recordings
Producer:	Joel Plaskett
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Scrappy Happiness is an album by Joel Plaskett Emergency released on March 27, 2012.^[1] The album followed a unique release strategy, in which the band recorded one song each week for ten weeks, immediately releasing it for airplay on CBC Radio 2 and CBC Radio 3 and to iTunes for sale as a single, before releasing the 10 songs as a complete album in conventional formats on March 27.

Tour

Following the album's full release, Plaskett toured to support the album with supporting act Frank Turner.

The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize on June 14, 2012.^[2]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 52 on the Canadian Albums Chart.^[3]

Track listing

In order of release:

1. "You're Mine" - 3:59
2. "Harbour Boys" - 3:26
3. "Old Friends" - 4:08
4. "Slow Dance" - 3:49
5. "North Star" - 4:54
6. "Somewhere Else" - 2:27
7. "I'm Yours" - 3:33
8. "Tough Love" - 3:42
9. "Time Flies" - 3:50
10. "Lightning Bolt" - 6:34

As sequenced on record:

1. "Lightning Bolt" - 6:34
2. "Harbour Boys" - 3:26
3. "You're Mine" - 3:59
4. "Tough Love" - 3:42
5. "Slow Dance" - 3:49
6. "Time Flies" - 3:50
7. "Somewhere Else" - 2:27
8. "Old Friends" - 4:08
9. "I'm Yours" - 3:33
10. "North Star" - 4:54

External links

• Scrappy Happiness

Notes and References

1. http://exclaim.ca/News/joel_plasketts_scrappy_happiness_lp_out_this_spring_frank_turner_added_to_tour "Joel Plaskett's Announces 'Scrappy Happiness' LP, Canadian Tour with Frank Turner"
2. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/1211442--polaris-prize-long-list-includes-lots-of-toronto-bands?bn=1 "Polaris Prize long list includes lots of Toronto bands"
3. Web site: Archived copy . https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html . usurped . December 26, 2004 . 2012-03-22 .