What a Time to Be Alive (Superchunk album) explained

What a Time to Be Alive
Type:	studio
Artist:	Superchunk
Cover:	Superchunk – What a Time to Be Alive.png
Studio:	Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, North Carolina and Overdub Lane Recording Studio in Durham, North Carolina
Genre:	Indie rock, punk rock
Label:	Merge
Prev Title:	I Hate Music
Prev Year:	2013
Next Title:	Wild Loneliness
Next Year:	2022

What a Time to Be Alive is the eleventh studio album by the American indie rock band Superchunk. It was released in February 2018 by Merge Records.

Personnel

Mac McCaughan – vocals, guitar, cover art
Laura Ballance – bass, cover art
Jim Wilbur – guitar
Jon Wurster – drums
Sabrina Ellis – vocals on "Break the Glass"
Stephin Merritt – vocals on "Erasure"
Katie Crutchfield – vocals on "Erasure"
David Bazan – vocals on "Cloud of Hate"
Skylar Gudasz – vocals on "Black Thread"
Beau Sorenson – recording
Matthew Barnhart – mastering
Lissa Gotwals – photography

Charts

Chart (2018)! scope="col"
Peak position
US Billboard 200^[1]
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[2]
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)^[3]
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Superchunk Chart History (Billboard 200). Billboard. August 4, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118001958/https://www.billboard.com/artist/superchunk/chart-history/tlp/. November 18, 2021. dead.
Web site: Superchunk Chart History (Independent Albums). Billboard. August 4, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118005104/https://www.billboard.com/artist/superchunk/chart-history/ind/. November 18, 2021. dead.
Web site: Superchunk Chart History (Top Alternative Albums). Billboard. August 4, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20211117184502/https://www.billboard.com/artist/superchunk/chart-history/alt/. November 17, 2021. dead.
Web site: Superchunk Chart History (Top Rock Albums). Billboard. August 4, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118004401/https://www.billboard.com/artist/superchunk/chart-history/rck/. November 18, 2021. dead.